diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_events.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_events.c
index 821b0e77f0..ffb58e3a41 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_events.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_events.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ _post_up_handle(Evas *eo_e, unsigned int timestamp, const void *data,
           }
      }
    _evas_post_event_callback_call(eo_e, e);
+   EV_DEL(pe);
 
    eina_list_free(copy);