diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/xmlelem.c b/dlls/msxml3/xmlelem.c
index 787b13f..0faa735 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/xmlelem.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/xmlelem.c
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ static ULONG WINAPI xmlelem_Release(IXMLElement *iface)
     ref = InterlockedDecrement(&This->ref);
     if (ref == 0)
     {
+        if(This->node)
+            xmlFree(This->node);
         HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, This);
     }
 
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI xmlelem_get_text(IXMLElement *iface, BSTR *p)
 
     content = xmlNodeGetContent(This->node);
     *p = bstr_from_xmlChar(content);
+    xmlFree(content);
     TRACE("returning %s\n", debugstr_w(*p));
     return S_OK;
 }