diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
index 302b4989c..210c77883 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3idservice.cc
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ bool p3IdService::getGroupData(const uint32_t &token, std::vector<RsGxsIdGroup>
 
                         groups.push_back(group);
                 }
+        delete *vit ;
         }
 
         return ok;