diff --git a/apps/apps.c b/apps/apps.c
index 000157772f911123fa50d32dddbf270cce33e84f..9bbf476245c8f783ebbfe723e82f4456a252f57d 100644
--- a/apps/apps.c
+++ b/apps/apps.c
@@ -434,6 +434,14 @@ int setup_ui_method()
 	UI_method_set_closer(ui_method, ui_close);
 	return 0;
 	}
+void destroy_ui_method()
+	{
+	if(ui_method)
+		{
+		UI_destroy_method(ui_method);
+		ui_method = NULL;
+		}
+	}
 int password_callback(char *buf, int bufsiz, int verify,
 	PW_CB_DATA *cb_tmp)
 	{
diff --git a/apps/apps.h b/apps/apps.h
index 7cf4bf135dd9493aeb83ba4166ab15211c1d42cb..7f3903478ff4211a3a057fd6162cd50173b6f178 100644
--- a/apps/apps.h
+++ b/apps/apps.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ int password_callback(char *buf, int bufsiz, int verify,
 	PW_CB_DATA *cb_data);
 
 int setup_ui_method();
+void destroy_ui_method();
 
 int should_retry(int i);
 int args_from_file(char *file, int *argc, char **argv[]);
diff --git a/apps/openssl.c b/apps/openssl.c
index 6a942078482e68896b53311e34e1748be001ca8b..3b4374a0488dd933482e731fb63a0bb34f8b93a7 100644
--- a/apps/openssl.c
+++ b/apps/openssl.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ end:
 	ERR_free_strings();
 	
         ENGINE_cleanup();
+	destroy_ui_method();
 
 	CRYPTO_mem_leaks(bio_err);
 	if (bio_err != NULL)