diff --git a/res/res_phoneprov.c b/res/res_phoneprov.c
index b05240ac8f..d71139e134 100644
--- a/res/res_phoneprov.c
+++ b/res/res_phoneprov.c
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ static int set_config(void)
 
 	if (!(phoneprov_cfg = ast_config_load("phoneprov.conf", config_flags)) || phoneprov_cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID) {
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to load config phoneprov.conf\n");
+		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 		return -1;
 	}