diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c
index 2e64f5bda7..5845d3f59b 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c
@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	strvec_clear(&longnames);
 	strvec_clear(&usage);
-	free((char *) opts->help);
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < opts_nr; i++) {
+		free((char *) opts[i].help);
+		free((char *) opts[i].argh);
+	}
 	free(opts);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
index b754b9fd74..5eaa6428c4 100755
--- a/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
+++ b/t/t1502-rev-parse-parseopt.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 test_description='test git rev-parse --parseopt'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 check_invalid_long_option () {