diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 06900f748..4c5ecf982 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* exceptions.cc (try_to_debug): Free environment pointer when not used
+	anymore (CID 59968).
+
 2014-06-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* net.cc (cygwin_getaddrinfo): Fix value of hint->ai_addrlen on 64 bit.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index 186a4d4dc..7e707013e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -482,9 +482,10 @@ try_to_debug (bool waitloop)
 	      *q = L'_' ;
 	      SetEnvironmentVariableW (L"CYGWIN", p + wcslen (L"CYGWIN=")) ;
 	    }
-	  break ;
+	  break;
 	}
     }
+  FreeEnvironmentStringsW (rawenv);
 
   console_printf ("*** starting debugger for pid %u, tid %u\n",
 		  cygwin_pid (GetCurrentProcessId ()), GetCurrentThreadId ());