diff --git a/res/res_config_ldap.c b/res/res_config_ldap.c
index 3e0b8e106da011b0e189fa35ba02afdce6ea210a..8496d801a30679f0672bc636ae18f84beabf5e2c 100644
--- a/res/res_config_ldap.c
+++ b/res/res_config_ldap.c
@@ -378,8 +378,10 @@ static struct ast_variable **realtime_ldap_result_to_vars(struct ldap_table_conf
 	ldap_entry = ldap_first_entry(ldapConn, ldap_result_msg);
 
 	for (tot_count = 0; ldap_entry; tot_count++) { 
-		tot_count += semicolon_count_var(realtime_ldap_entry_to_var(table_config, ldap_entry));
+		struct ast_variable *tmp = realtime_ldap_entry_to_var(table_config, ldap_entry);
+		tot_count += semicolon_count_var(tmp);
 		ldap_entry = ldap_next_entry(ldapConn, ldap_entry);
+		ast_variables_destroy(tmp);
 	}
 
 	if (entries_count_ptr) {