diff --git a/src/Solution/NumericalSolution.f90 b/src/Solution/NumericalSolution.f90
index 66dfc6a28c1..f9fb303dbe7 100644
--- a/src/Solution/NumericalSolution.f90
+++ b/src/Solution/NumericalSolution.f90
@@ -1222,6 +1222,10 @@ subroutine sln_da(this)
     call this%cnvg_summary%destroy()
     deallocate (this%cnvg_summary)
     !
+    ! -- linear solver
+    call this%linear_solver%destroy()
+    deallocate (this%linear_solver)
+    !
     ! -- linear solver settings
     call this%linear_settings%destroy()
     deallocate (this%linear_settings)
diff --git a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscConvergence.F90 b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscConvergence.F90
index ad04f2a3dc3..7c4dcd2cf81 100644
--- a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscConvergence.F90
+++ b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscConvergence.F90
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ module PetscConvergenceModule
     real(DP) :: dvclose
     integer(I4B) :: max_its
     type(ConvergenceSummaryType), pointer :: cnvg_summary => null()
+  contains
+    procedure :: destroy
   end type PetscContextType
 
   ! passing our context into PETSc requires an explicit interface
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ subroutine petsc_check_convergence(ksp, n, rnorm, flag, context, ierr)
 
     summary => context%cnvg_summary
 
+    ! NB: KSPBuildResidual needs to have its vector destroyed
+    ! to avoid a memory leak, KSPBuildSolution doesn't...
     call KSPBuildSolution(ksp, PETSC_NULL_VEC, x, ierr)
     CHKERRQ(ierr)
     call KSPBuildResidual(ksp, PETSC_NULL_VEC, PETSC_NULL_VEC, res, ierr)
@@ -88,6 +92,8 @@ subroutine petsc_check_convergence(ksp, n, rnorm, flag, context, ierr)
         CHKERRQ(ierr)
         call VecCopy(res, context%res_old, ierr)
         CHKERRQ(ierr)
+        call VecDestroy(res, ierr)
+        CHKERRQ(ierr)
         flag = KSP_CONVERGED_ITERATING
       end if
       return
@@ -122,6 +128,9 @@ subroutine petsc_check_convergence(ksp, n, rnorm, flag, context, ierr)
     call VecCopy(res, context%res_old, ierr)
     CHKERRQ(ierr)
 
+    call VecDestroy(res, ierr)
+    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+
     ! get dv and dr per local model
     call VecGetArrayF90(context%delta_x, local_dx, ierr)
     CHKERRQ(ierr)
@@ -171,4 +180,20 @@ subroutine petsc_check_convergence(ksp, n, rnorm, flag, context, ierr)
 
   end subroutine petsc_check_convergence
 
+  subroutine destroy(this)
+    class(PetscContextType) :: this
+    ! local
+    integer(I4B) :: ierr
+
+    call VecDestroy(this%x_old, ierr)
+    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+    call VecDestroy(this%res_old, ierr)
+    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+    call VecDestroy(this%delta_x, ierr)
+    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+    call VecDestroy(this%delta_res, ierr)
+    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+
+  end subroutine destroy
+
 end module PetscConvergenceModule
diff --git a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90 b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
index 6c981368b09..b72f53a54bd 100644
--- a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
+++ b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ subroutine petsc_destroy(this)
     deallocate (this%vec_residual)
 
     ! delete context
-    call VecDestroy(this%petsc_ctx%delta_x, ierr)
-    CHKERRQ(ierr)
-    call VecDestroy(this%petsc_ctx%x_old, ierr)
-    CHKERRQ(ierr)
+    call this%petsc_ctx%destroy()
     deallocate (this%petsc_ctx)
 
     call VecDestroy(this%pc_context%diag, ierr)