diff --git a/lib/test_meminit.c b/lib/test_meminit.c
index e4f706a404b3a1f45b3443b4f8de0fbdd15107f8..3ca717f1139774db6b64df470dee4938bba2d7b4 100644
--- a/lib/test_meminit.c
+++ b/lib/test_meminit.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static int __init do_kmem_cache_size_bulk(int size, int *total_failures)
 		if (num)
 			kmem_cache_free_bulk(c, num, objects);
 	}
+	kmem_cache_destroy(c);
 	*total_failures += fail;
 	return 1;
 }