diff --git a/tasks/task_database.c b/tasks/task_database.c
index d8255a135b..47bb13a5cc 100644
--- a/tasks/task_database.c
+++ b/tasks/task_database.c
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ static int database_info_list_iterate_new(database_state_handle_t *db_state)
    const char *new_database = db_state->list->elems[db_state->list_index].data;
    RARCH_LOG("Check database [%d/%d] : %s\n", (unsigned)db_state->list_index, 
          (unsigned)db_state->list->size, new_database);
+   if (db_state->info)
+      database_info_list_free(db_state->info);
    db_state->info = database_info_list_new(new_database, NULL);
    return 0;
 }