diff --git a/src/liblzma/common/index.c b/src/liblzma/common/index.c
index e897646c..bc68244f 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/common/index.c
+++ b/src/liblzma/common/index.c
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@ lzma_index_cat(lzma_index *restrict dest, lzma_index *restrict src,
 				s->groups.rightmost = &newg->node;
 
 			lzma_free(g, allocator);
+
+			// NOTE: newg isn't leaked here because
+			// newg == (void *)&newg->node.
 		}
 	}