diff --git a/media/libeffects/proxy/EffectProxy.cpp b/media/libeffects/proxy/EffectProxy.cpp
index 62d3fd3..7f777e7 100644
--- a/media/libeffects/proxy/EffectProxy.cpp
+++ b/media/libeffects/proxy/EffectProxy.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
        delete[] pContext->sube;
        delete[] pContext->desc;
        delete[] pContext->aeli;
+       delete pContext;
        return -EINVAL;
     }
     // Check which is the HW descriptor and copy the descriptors