diff --git src/core/load-fragment.c src/core/load-fragment.c
index 5803044..de2790f 100644
--- src/core/load-fragment.c
+++ src/core/load-fragment.c
@@ -881,12 +881,12 @@ int config_parse_bounding_set(
                         return -ENOMEM;
 
                 r = cap_from_name(t, &cap);
-                free(t);
-
                 if (r < 0) {
-                        log_error("[%s:%u] Failed to parse capability bounding set, ignoring: %s", filename, line, rvalue);
+                        log_error("[%s:%u] Failed to parse capability bounding set, ignoring: %s", filename, line, t);
+                        free(t);
                         continue;
                 }
+                free(t);
 
                 sum |= ((uint64_t) 1ULL) << (uint64_t) cap;
         }