diff --git a/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc b/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
index f20506b29ec..a46ffb3bece 100644
--- a/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
+++ b/src/osdc/ObjectCacher.cc
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ void ObjectCacher::Object::discard(loff_t off, loff_t len)
 
     p++;
     oc->bh_remove(this, bh);
+    delete bh;
   }
 }