diff --git a/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c b/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
index ec33423d7fa72d33480cba01d1844e4a7b87001a..3b21bf04c467d208a4768acc2c51b1d59d2d646a 100644
--- a/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
+++ b/crypto/bio/bss_dgram.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,7 @@ static long dgram_sctp_ctrl(BIO *b, int cmd, long num, void *ptr)
 		memcpy(&authkey->sca_key[0], ptr, 64 * sizeof(uint8_t));
 
 		ret = setsockopt(b->num, IPPROTO_SCTP, SCTP_AUTH_KEY, authkey, sockopt_len);
+		OPENSSL_free(authkey);
 		if (ret < 0) break;
 
 		/* Reset active key */