ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ETH_PCAP_IFACE_ARG,
                                &open_rx_tx_iface, &pcaps);
                if (ret < 0)
-                       return -1;
+                       goto free_kvlist;
                dumpers.pcaps[0] = pcaps.pcaps[0];
                dumpers.names[0] = pcaps.names[0];
                dumpers.types[0] = pcaps.types[0];
-               return rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, 1, &dumpers, 1,
+               ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, 1, &dumpers, 1,
                                numa_node, kvlist, 1);
+               goto free_kvlist;
        }
 
        /*
        }
 
        if (ret < 0)
-               return -1;
+               goto free_kvlist;
 
        /*
         * We check whether we want to open a TX stream to a real NIC or a
        }
 
        if (ret < 0)
-               return -1;
+               goto free_kvlist;
 
        if (using_dumpers)
-               return rte_eth_from_pcaps_n_dumpers(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx,
+               ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps_n_dumpers(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx,
                                &dumpers, dumpers.num_of_tx, numa_node, kvlist);
-
-       return rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx, &dumpers,
+       else
+               ret = rte_eth_from_pcaps(name, &pcaps, pcaps.num_of_rx, &dumpers,
                        dumpers.num_of_tx, numa_node, kvlist, 0);
 
+free_kvlist:
+       rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int