diff --git a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-sx-instance-model.c b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-sx-instance-model.c
index 39507aaeb4..4e114eb11b 100644
--- a/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-sx-instance-model.c
+++ b/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-sx-instance-model.c
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ _gnc_sx_gen_instances(gpointer *data, gpointer user_data)
 
     instances->instance_list = g_list_reverse (instlist);
 
+    gnc_sx_destroy_temporal_state (temporal_state);
+
     return instances;
 }