diff --git a/src/test/test_tortls_openssl.c b/src/test/test_tortls_openssl.c
index 6086252882..3928b754ac 100644
--- a/src/test/test_tortls_openssl.c
+++ b/src/test/test_tortls_openssl.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ test_tortls_try_to_extract_certs_from_tls(void *ignored)
   tt_assert(cert == c1);
   tt_assert(id_cert);
   X509_free(cert); /* decrease refcnt */
+  X509_free(id_cert); /* decrease refcnt */
 
  done:
   sk_X509_free(sess->cert_chain);