diff --git a/vlib/io/buffered_reader.v b/vlib/io/buffered_reader.v
index b57fcab3cc..f336e2dfed 100644
--- a/vlib/io/buffered_reader.v
+++ b/vlib/io/buffered_reader.v
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ pub fn (mut r BufferedReader) read(mut buf []byte) ?int {
 	return read
 }
 
+pub fn (mut r BufferedReader) free() {
+	unsafe {
+		r.buf.free()
+	}
+}
+
 // fill_buffer attempts to refill the internal buffer
 // and returns whether it got any data
 fn (mut r BufferedReader) fill_buffer() bool {
diff --git a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
index 7ebbade04d..3b1ca1bbc4 100644
--- a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
+++ b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ fn handle_conn<T>(mut conn net.TcpConn, mut app T) {
 		conn.close() or {}
 	}
 	mut reader := io.new_buffered_reader(reader: io.make_reader(conn))
+	defer {
+		reader.free()
+	}
 	page_gen_start := time.ticks()
 	req := parse_request(mut reader) or {
 		eprintln('error parsing request: $err')