diff --git a/lib/gssapi/ntlm/init_sec_context.c b/lib/gssapi/ntlm/init_sec_context.c
index 20aa18a30..fdc7fedfd 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/ntlm/init_sec_context.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/ntlm/init_sec_context.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ get_user_ccache(const ntlm_name name, char **username, struct ntlm_buf *key)
     if (id)
 	krb5_cc_close(context, id);
 
+    krb5_free_context(context);
+
     return ret;
 }