diff --git a/html/ops/db_ops.inc b/html/ops/db_ops.inc
index de69e4b645..e0fa12c012 100644
--- a/html/ops/db_ops.inc
+++ b/html/ops/db_ops.inc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class SqlQueryString {
         $count_query = "select count(*) as cnt from $this->table $this->query";
         $result = mysql_query($count_query);
         $res = mysql_fetch_object($result);
+        mysql_free_result($result);
         return $res->cnt;
     }