diff --git a/contrib/pgcrypto/openssl.c b/contrib/pgcrypto/openssl.c
index 682683c210d..1f9cde64175 100644
--- a/contrib/pgcrypto/openssl.c
+++ b/contrib/pgcrypto/openssl.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ px_find_digest(const char *name, PX_MD **res)
 	}
 	if (EVP_DigestInit_ex(ctx, md, NULL) == 0)
 	{
+		EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(ctx);
 		pfree(digest);
 		return -1;
 	}