diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index 12efcff2e3..f6fa5c235f 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -442,9 +442,12 @@ void find_bisection(struct commit_list **commit_list, int *reaches,
 			best->next = NULL;
 		}
 		*reaches = weight(best);
+	} else {
+		free_commit_list(*commit_list);
 	}
-	free(weights);
 	*commit_list = best;
+
+	free(weights);
 	clear_commit_weight(&commit_weight);
 }
 
@@ -557,8 +560,11 @@ struct commit_list *filter_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
 			tried = &list->next;
 		} else {
 			if (!show_all) {
-				if (!skipped_first || !*skipped_first)
+				if (!skipped_first || !*skipped_first) {
+					free_commit_list(next);
+					free_commit_list(filtered);
 					return list;
+				}
 			} else if (skipped_first && !*skipped_first) {
 				/* This means we know it's not skipped */
 				*skipped_first = -1;
@@ -614,7 +620,7 @@ static int sqrti(int val)
 
 static struct commit_list *skip_away(struct commit_list *list, int count)
 {
-	struct commit_list *cur, *previous;
+	struct commit_list *cur, *previous, *result = list;
 	int prn, index, i;
 
 	prn = get_prn(count);
@@ -626,15 +632,23 @@ static struct commit_list *skip_away(struct commit_list *list, int count)
 	for (i = 0; cur; cur = cur->next, i++) {
 		if (i == index) {
 			if (!oideq(&cur->item->object.oid, current_bad_oid))
-				return cur;
-			if (previous)
-				return previous;
-			return list;
+				result = cur;
+			else if (previous)
+				result = previous;
+			else
+				result = list;
+			break;
 		}
 		previous = cur;
 	}
 
-	return list;
+	for (cur = list; cur != result; ) {
+		struct commit_list *next = cur->next;
+		free(cur);
+		cur = next;
+	}
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 static struct commit_list *managed_skipped(struct commit_list *list,
diff --git a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
index cdc0270640..310affadeb 100755
--- a/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
+++ b/t/t6030-bisect-porcelain.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ exec </dev/null
 GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
 export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 add_line_into_file()