diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
index 8dda133d7c..18b2d1a1d8 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_init.c
@@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ static apr_status_t ssl_init_server_certs(server_rec *s,
         ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, s, APLOGNO(02540)
                      "Custom DH parameters (%d bits) for %s loaded from %s",
                      BN_num_bits(dhparams->p), vhost_id, certfile);
+        DH_free(dhparams);
     }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ECC