diff --git a/hazelcast/src/hazelcast/client/connection/ClusterListenerThread.cpp b/hazelcast/src/hazelcast/client/connection/ClusterListenerThread.cpp
index 051a743c25..6355a1d164 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/hazelcast/client/connection/ClusterListenerThread.cpp
+++ b/hazelcast/src/hazelcast/client/connection/ClusterListenerThread.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ namespace hazelcast {
                     workerThread = (util::Thread *) NULL;
                     worker->cancel();
                     worker->join();
-                    delete worker;
                 }
             }