bus/at-spi-bus-launcher.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git c/bus/at-spi-bus-launcher.c i/bus/at-spi-bus-launcher.c
index 5d58dff..994a767 100644
--- c/bus/at-spi-bus-launcher.c
+++ i/bus/at-spi-bus-launcher.c
@@ -293,7 +293,9 @@ ensure_a11y_bus_daemon (A11yBusLauncher *app, char *config_path)
 
   if (pipe (app->pipefd) < 0)
     g_error ("Failed to create pipe: %s", strerror (errno));
-  
+
+  g_clear_pointer (&app->a11y_launch_error_message, g_free);
+
   if (!g_spawn_async (NULL,
                       argv,
                       NULL,
@@ -389,6 +391,8 @@ ensure_a11y_bus_broker (A11yBusLauncher *app, char *config_path)
   if (listen (app->listenfd, 1024) < 0)
     g_error ("Failed to listen on socket: %s", strerror(errno));
 
+  g_clear_pointer (&app->a11y_launch_error_message, g_free);
+
   if (!g_spawn_async (NULL,
                       argv,
                       NULL,