diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index 616b65143..936751292 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -6512,6 +6512,8 @@ void ProxySQL_Admin::stats___mysql_free_connections() {
 		row_idx++;
 	}
 	statsdb->execute("COMMIT");
+	sqlite3_finalize(statement1);
+	sqlite3_finalize(statement32);
 	delete resultset;
 }