diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
index 2df683b95..6d065c744 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
@@ -2200,6 +2200,7 @@ void RsGenExchange::processRecvdGroups()
         else
         {
         	delete grp;
+			delete meta;
 			erase = true;
         }