diff --git a/plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c b/plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c
index c0cfc3e5a67..a8fab08eacd 100644
--- a/plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c
+++ b/plugins/out_chronicle/chronicle.c
@@ -877,6 +877,8 @@ static void cb_chronicle_flush(struct flb_event_chunk *event_chunk,
         flb_plg_error(ctx->ins,
                       "Log event decoder initialization error : %d", ret);
 
+        /* Cleanup token and conn */
+        flb_sds_destroy(token);
         flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
         FLB_OUTPUT_RETURN(FLB_RETRY);
     }