1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/ops.c b/src/nvim/ops.c
index da1eb7afcb..9424e82578 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ops.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ops.c
@@ -5379,6 +5379,7 @@ bool op_register_set(const char name, const yankreg_T reg)
   if (i == -1) {
     return false;
   }
+  free_register(&y_regs[i]);
   y_regs[i] = reg;
   return true;
 }