diff --git a/src/lib/edje/edje_load.c b/src/lib/edje/edje_load.c
index a65dbd5332..f69b59e829 100644
--- a/src/lib/edje/edje_load.c
+++ b/src/lib/edje/edje_load.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@ _edje_collection_free(Edje_File *edf, Edje_Part_Collection *ec, Edje_Part_Collec
         if(ep->other.desc_rtl)
           free(ep->other.desc_rtl);
 
+	for (j = 0; j < ep->items_count; ++j)
+	  free(ep->items[j]);
         free(ep->items);
         // technically need this - but we ASSUME we use "one_big" so everything gets
         // freed in one go lower down when we del the mempool... but what if pool goes