diff --git a/core/thread/thread_windows.odin b/core/thread/thread_windows.odin
index e535b1adf..a0320890b 100644
--- a/core/thread/thread_windows.odin
+++ b/core/thread/thread_windows.odin
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ _get_name :: proc(thread: ^Thread, allocator: runtime.Allocator, loc: runtime.So
 	buf_16: win32.PWSTR
 	win32.GetThreadDescription(t_handle, &buf_16)
 	name = win32.wstring_to_utf8(buf_16, -1, allocator) or_return
+	win32.LocalFree(rawptr(buf_16))
 
 	return
 }