diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 6cfe49e5e8..eb66ea4a25 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ void AppLayerParserDestroyCtxThread(void *alpd_tctx)
         }
     }
 
+    SCFree(tctx);
     SCReturn;
 }