diff --git a/res/res_jabber.c b/res/res_jabber.c
index 9dab2da87e01cbc9cbce22d876441b10fe09881e..5bcf70f3d263db1ba7d03818e633c3cb3a10ebd7 100644
--- a/res/res_jabber.c
+++ b/res/res_jabber.c
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ int ast_aji_create_chat(struct aji_client *client, char *room, char *server, cha
 	int res = 0;
 	iks *iq = NULL;
 	iq = iks_new("iq");
+
 	if (iq && client) {
 		iks_insert_attrib(iq, "type", "get");
 		iks_insert_attrib(iq, "to", server);
@@ -1775,6 +1776,9 @@ int ast_aji_create_chat(struct aji_client *client, char *room, char *server, cha
 		ast_aji_send(client, iq);
 	} else 
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Out of memory.\n");
+
+	iks_delete(iq);
+
 	return res;
 }