diff --git a/promisor-remote.c b/promisor-remote.c
index 317e1b127f..9345ae3db2 100644
--- a/promisor-remote.c
+++ b/promisor-remote.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static int promisor_remote_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 		if (!r)
 			return 0;
 
+		FREE_AND_NULL(r->partial_clone_filter);
 		return git_config_string(&r->partial_clone_filter, var, value);
 	}
 
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ void promisor_remote_clear(struct promisor_remote_config *config)
 {
 	while (config->promisors) {
 		struct promisor_remote *r = config->promisors;
+		free(r->partial_clone_filter);
 		config->promisors = config->promisors->next;
 		free(r);
 	}
diff --git a/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh b/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
index 167fe66150..55ed630e77 100755
--- a/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
+++ b/t/t7814-grep-recurse-submodules.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ submodules.
 '
 
 TEST_CREATE_REPO_NO_TEMPLATE=1
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 GIT_TEST_FATAL_REGISTER_SUBMODULE_ODB=1