diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 10d63b0ee1e..d2c194eff3b 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-08-17  Alex Lindsay  <alexlindsay239@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
+
+	* elfread.c (elf_read_minimal_symbols): xfree synthsyms.
+
 2017-08-17  Ruslan Kabatsayev  <b7.10110111@gmail.com>
 
 	* NEWS: Mention new shortcuts for nexti and stepi in TUI
diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c
index ece704ca7c4..a6546613350 100644
--- a/gdb/elfread.c
+++ b/gdb/elfread.c
@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ elf_read_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *objfile, int symfile_flags,
 	synth_symbol_table[i] = synthsyms + i;
       elf_symtab_read (reader, objfile, ST_SYNTHETIC, synthcount,
 		       synth_symbol_table.get (), true);
+
+      xfree (synthsyms);
+      synthsyms = NULL;
     }
 
   /* Install any minimal symbols that have been collected as the current