diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp
index 958298bf9943c3a12ff043fca5451bee05c8c15f..09d557cdbf9a254583fd6756ad7a02ffd855a21f 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/vmStructs.cpp
@@ -3112,10 +3112,10 @@ static int recursiveFindType(VMTypeEntry* origtypes, const char* typeName, bool
     s[len-1] = '\0';
     // tty->print_cr("checking \"%s\" for \"%s\"", s, typeName);
     if (recursiveFindType(origtypes, s, true) == 1) {
-      delete s;
+      delete [] s;
       return 1;
     }
-    delete s;
+    delete [] s;
   }
   const char* start = NULL;
   if (strstr(typeName, "GrowableArray<") == typeName) {
@@ -3131,10 +3131,10 @@ static int recursiveFindType(VMTypeEntry* origtypes, const char* typeName, bool
     s[len-1] = '\0';
     // tty->print_cr("checking \"%s\" for \"%s\"", s, typeName);
     if (recursiveFindType(origtypes, s, true) == 1) {
-      delete s;
+      delete [] s;
       return 1;
     }
-    delete s;
+    delete [] s;
   }
   if (strstr(typeName, "const ") == typeName) {
     const char * s = typeName + strlen("const ");
@@ -3148,8 +3148,10 @@ static int recursiveFindType(VMTypeEntry* origtypes, const char* typeName, bool
     s[len - 6] = '\0';
     // tty->print_cr("checking \"%s\" for \"%s\"", s, typeName);
     if (recursiveFindType(origtypes, s, true) == 1) {
+      free(s);
       return 1;
     }
+    free(s);
   }
   if (!isRecurse) {
     tty->print_cr("type \"%s\" not found", typeName);