diff --git a/src/easylzma/compress.c b/src/easylzma/compress.c
index 78be112..577b014 100644
--- a/src/easylzma/compress.c
+++ b/src/easylzma/compress.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ elzma_compress_free(elzma_compress_handle * hand)
                             (ISzAlloc *) &((*hand)->allocStruct),
                             (ISzAlloc *) &((*hand)->allocStruct));
         }
-        
+        free(*hand);
     }
     *hand = NULL;
 }