diff --git a/guestfs-inspectd.c b/guestfs-inspectd.c
index 8c5d39c..8cd545b 100644
--- a/guestfs-inspectd.c
+++ b/guestfs-inspectd.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   free(ep);
 
   worker_task(worker, path);
+  zsock_destroy(&worker);
 
   zsock_destroy(&worker);
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;