diff --git a/src/zhttp_response.c b/src/zhttp_response.c
index 916436010..e00d3ff10 100644
--- a/src/zhttp_response.c
+++ b/src/zhttp_response.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ zhttp_response_recv (zhttp_response_t *self, zhttp_client_t *client, void** arg_
     self->free_content = self->content != NULL;
 
     if (result != 0) {
+        zhash_destroy(&self->headers);
         self->headers = zhash_new ();
         zhash_autofree (self->headers);
 
@@ -247,4 +248,4 @@ zhttp_response_reset_content (zhttp_response_t *self) {
 void
 zhttp_response_test (bool verbose) {
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}