diff --git a/ext/dtls/gstdtlsenc.c b/ext/dtls/gstdtlsenc.c
index 08b6444be5..96dfa54fc9 100644
--- a/ext/dtls/gstdtlsenc.c
+++ b/ext/dtls/gstdtlsenc.c
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ gst_dtls_enc_finalize (GObject * object)
     self->encoder_key = NULL;
   }
 
+  if (self->connection_id) {
+    g_free (self->connection_id);
+    self->connection_id = NULL;
+  }
+
   g_mutex_lock (&self->queue_lock);
   g_queue_foreach (&self->queue, (GFunc) gst_buffer_unref, NULL);
   g_queue_clear (&self->queue);