diff -Naur iproute2-original/tc/m_ipt.c iproute2-patched/tc/m_ipt.c
--- iproute2-original/tc/m_ipt.c	2008-08-05 19:15:56.000000000 +0000
+++ iproute2-patched/tc/m_ipt.c	2008-08-05 21:39:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@
 		if (!handle) {
 			fputs(dlerror(), stderr);
 			printf("\n");
+			free(l_name);
+			free(new_name);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -292,12 +294,16 @@
 					fputs(error, stderr);
 					fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 					dlclose(handle);
+					free(l_name);
+					free(new_name);
 					return NULL;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	free(l_name);
+	free(new_name);
 	return m;
 }
 
@@ -512,8 +518,15 @@
 	*argc_p = rargc - iargc;
 	*argv_p = argv;
 
-	optind = 1;
+	optind = 0;
 	free_opts(opts);
+	/* Clear flags if target will be used again */
+        m->tflags=0;
+        m->used=0;
+	/* Free allocated memory */
+        if (m->t)
+            free(m->t);
+
 
 	return 0;