diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index c4a0ae00639952f2409c44c2259a297513b1c277..007f9416655311b54748a67684bbaf7af6c46117 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object,cJSON *patch)
 	cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(childptr);
 
 	/* add, remove, replace, move, copy, test. */
-	if (!parent) {free(parentptr); return 9;}	/* Couldn't find object to add to. */
+	if (!parent) {free(parentptr); cJSON_Delete(value); return 9;}	/* Couldn't find object to add to. */
 	else if (parent->type==cJSON_Array)
 	{
 		if (!strcmp(childptr,"-"))	cJSON_AddItemToArray(parent,value);
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object,cJSON *patch)
 		cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(parent,childptr);
 		cJSON_AddItemToObject(parent,childptr,value);
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		cJSON_Delete(value);
+	}
 	free(parentptr);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test_utils.c b/test_utils.c
index e018081aecfd270c75cb607f82db117c1a35785a..79664a56e9df21e407dc3ab6426dbaf5683536f6 100644
--- a/test_utils.c
+++ b/test_utils.c
@@ -91,9 +91,16 @@ int main()
 	nums=cJSON_CreateIntArray(numbers,10);
 	num6=cJSON_GetArrayItem(nums,6);
 	cJSON_AddItemToObject(object,"numbers",nums);
-	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,num6));
-	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,nums));
-	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,object));
+	char *temp=cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,num6);
+	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",temp);
+	free(temp);
+	temp=cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,nums);
+	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",temp);
+	free(temp);
+	temp=cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(object,object);
+	printf("Pointer: [%s]\n",temp);
+	free(temp);
+	cJSON_Delete(object);
 
 	/* JSON Sort test: */
 	sortme=cJSON_CreateObject();