diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c b/src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
index 228aa4bfa..633199099 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto_openssl.c
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ struct crypto_ecdh * crypto_ecdh_init(int group)
 {
 	struct crypto_ecdh *ecdh;
 	EVP_PKEY *params = NULL;
-	EC_KEY *ec_params;
+	EC_KEY *ec_params = NULL;
 	EVP_PKEY_CTX *kctx = NULL;
 
 	ecdh = os_zalloc(sizeof(*ecdh));
@@ -1923,6 +1923,7 @@ struct crypto_ecdh * crypto_ecdh_init(int group)
 	}
 
 done:
+	EC_KEY_free(ec_params);
 	EVP_PKEY_free(params);
 	EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(kctx);