diff --git a/quickjs.c b/quickjs.c
index 41907fc50..bbcc94bda 100644
--- a/quickjs.c
+++ b/quickjs.c
@@ -45183,6 +45183,7 @@ static JSValue js_iterator_proto_func(JSContext *ctx, JSValueConst this_val,
                     }
                     break;
                 }
+                JS_FreeValue(ctx, item);
                 index_val = JS_UNDEFINED;
                 ret = JS_UNDEFINED;
                 item = JS_UNDEFINED;
diff --git a/tests/bug1572.js b/tests/bug1572.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1b418c6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bug1572.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { assert } from "./assert.js";
+
+// Every element takes the non-matching path (the predicate is never true).
+{
+    const o = {};
+    assert([o, o, o].values().find(() => false), undefined);
+    assert(new Array(1000).fill(o).values().find(() => false), undefined);
+}
+
+// The match path still returns the first match and forwards (value, index).
+{
+    const seen = [];
+    const r = [10, 20, 30, 40].values().find((v, i) => { seen.push(v, i); return v === 30; });
+    assert(r, 30);
+    assert(seen.length, 6); // stopped at the third element
+    assert(seen[0], 10); assert(seen[1], 0);
+    assert(seen[4], 30); assert(seen[5], 2);
+}