diff --git a/libpaper-covscan.patch b/libpaper-covscan.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43d0794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpaper-covscan.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/lib/paper.c b/lib/paper.c
+index 57db599..8817aea 100644
+--- a/lib/paper.c
++++ b/lib/paper.c
+@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ PAPERSIZEVAR, fall-back to the old behaviour.
+ 		fclose(ps);
+ 
+ 		paperstr = malloc((strlen(papername) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+-		if (! paperstr) return 0;
++		if (! paperstr) {
++		    free(papername);
++		    return 0;
++		}
+ 
+ 		strcpy(paperstr, papername);
+ 		free(papername);
diff --git a/libpaper.spec b/libpaper.spec
index 60a9702..2f30335 100644
--- a/libpaper.spec
+++ b/libpaper.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:		libpaper
 Version:	1.1.24
-Release:	22%{?dist}
+Release:	23%{?dist}
 Summary:	Library and tools for handling papersize
 License:	GPLv2
 URL:		http://packages.qa.debian.org/libp/libpaper.html
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Source0:	http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/%{name}_%{version}
 Patch2:		libpaper-useglibcfallback.patch
 # Memory leak
 Patch3:   libpaper-file-leak.patch
+# memory leak found by covscan, reported to debian upstream
+Patch4: libpaper-covscan.patch
 # gcc is no longer in buildroot by default
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:	libtool, gettext, gawk
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ to develop applications which use libpaper.
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}%{nmu}
 %patch2 -p1 -b .useglibcfallback
 %patch3 -p1 -b .file-leak
+%patch4 -p1 -b .covscan
 libtoolize
 
 %build
@@ -82,6 +85,9 @@ done
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Dec 03 2018 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 1.1.24-23
+- fixing covscan issue - memory leak
+
 * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.24-22
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild