diff --git a/ospf6d/ospf6_flood.c b/ospf6d/ospf6_flood.c
index fd5a4a426e0f..98d3bbc5197b 100644
--- a/ospf6d/ospf6_flood.c
+++ b/ospf6d/ospf6_flood.c
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ void ospf6_receive_lsa(struct ospf6_neighbor *from,
 						zlog_debug(
 							"%s, GraceLSA doesn't exist in lsdb, so discarding GraceLSA",
 							__func__);
+					ospf6_lsa_delete(new);
 					return;
 				}
 			} else {