diff --git a/libwfssl/src/session.c b/libwfssl/src/session.c
index 98e883dc..91d9b413 100644
--- a/libwfssl/src/session.c
+++ b/libwfssl/src/session.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ void remove_session_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_SESSION * session) {
     (*e)->CallVoidMethod(e, c->session_context, sessionRemove, sessionId);
 
     (*javavm)->DetachCurrentThread(javavm);
+    ssl_methods.SSL_SESSION_free(session);
 }
 
 void setup_session_context(JNIEnv *e, tcn_ssl_ctxt_t *c) {