diff --git a/xbmc/guilib/GUIBaseContainer.cpp b/xbmc/guilib/GUIBaseContainer.cpp
index 7d1985badea81..59c7778cebf9a 100644
--- a/xbmc/guilib/GUIBaseContainer.cpp
+++ b/xbmc/guilib/GUIBaseContainer.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ CGUIBaseContainer::CGUIBaseContainer(const CGUIBaseContainer &) = default;
 
 CGUIBaseContainer::~CGUIBaseContainer(void)
 {
+  // release the container from items
+  for (auto item :m_items)
+    item->FreeMemory();
+
   delete m_listProvider;
 }