diff --git a/hw/loongarch/virt.c b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
index 441d764843..e3042af7bb 100644
--- a/hw/loongarch/virt.c
+++ b/hw/loongarch/virt.c
@@ -832,7 +832,6 @@ static void loongarch_init(MachineState *machine)
     const CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus;
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
     CPUState *cpu;
-    char *ramName = NULL;
     struct loaderparams loaderparams = { };
 
     if (!cpu_model) {
@@ -892,7 +891,7 @@ static void loongarch_init(MachineState *machine)
 
     for (i = 1; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
         MemoryRegion *nodemem = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-        ramName = g_strdup_printf("loongarch.node%d.ram", i);
+        g_autofree char *ramName = g_strdup_printf("loongarch.node%d.ram", i);
         memory_region_init_alias(nodemem, NULL, ramName, machine->ram,
                                  offset,  numa_info[i].node_mem);
         memory_region_add_subregion(address_space_mem, phyAddr, nodemem);