diff --git a/changes/bug1831 b/changes/bug1831
index 40b3fcf52c..6c504dadbc 100644
--- a/changes/bug1831
+++ b/changes/bug1831
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
   o Minor bugfixes
     - Fix a memory leak in the error case of circuit_build_times_parse_state().
       Bugfix on 0.2.2.14-alpha; fixes bug 1831 partially.
+    - Fix a memory leak in dirvote_add_signatures_to_pending_consensus(). 
+      Bugfix on 0.2.2.6-alpha; fixes bug 1831 partially.
diff --git a/src/or/dirvote.c b/src/or/dirvote.c
index fd4d742ccb..0042934c4a 100644
--- a/src/or/dirvote.c
+++ b/src/or/dirvote.c
@@ -3008,6 +3008,7 @@ dirvote_add_signatures_to_pending_consensus(
       networkstatus_vote_free(v);
     }
     *msg_out = "Signatures added";
+    tor_free(new_signatures);
   } else if (r == 0) {
     *msg_out = "Signatures ignored";
   } else {