diff --git a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
index 8ad70ac000..0d02d2ed63 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/common/language/evas_bidi_utils.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ evas_bidi_segment_idxs_get(const Eina_Unicode *str, const char *delim)
                        if (!tmp_ret)
                          {
                             free(ret);
+                            free(udelim);
                             return NULL;
                          }
                        ret = tmp_ret;