diff --git a/res/res_phoneprov.c b/res/res_phoneprov.c
index d89537308f..16c90df4b3 100644
--- a/res/res_phoneprov.c
+++ b/res/res_phoneprov.c
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ static int set_config(void)
 
 	if (!(cfg = ast_config_load("phoneprov.conf", config_flags))) {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to load config phoneprov.conf\n");
+		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 		return -1;
 	}