diff --git a/libsemanage/src/handle.c b/libsemanage/src/handle.c
index 7fcd2b49..ab39943c 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/handle.c
+++ b/libsemanage/src/handle.c
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ void semanage_select_store(semanage_handle_t * sh, char *storename,
 
 	/* This just sets the storename to what the user requests, no 
 	   verification of existance will be done until connect */
+	free(sh->conf->store_path);
 	sh->conf->store_path = strdup(storename);
 	assert(sh->conf->store_path); /* no way to return failure */
 	sh->conf->store_type = storetype;