diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index 33977af..daa28ff 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,9 @@
     if (SSL_CTX_set0_tmp_dh_pkey(ssl->ctx, dh) != 1) {
         ngx_ssl_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, ssl->log, 0,
                       "SSL_CTX_set0_tmp_dh_pkey(\%s\") failed", file->data);
+#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x3000001fL)
+        EVP_PKEY_free(dh);
+#endif
         BIO_free(bio);
         return NGX_ERROR;
     }