diff --git a/providers/implementations/keymgmt/ecx_kmgmt.c b/providers/implementations/keymgmt/ecx_kmgmt.c
index 5e9b80fc48..b8d316ba8e 100644
--- a/providers/implementations/keymgmt/ecx_kmgmt.c
+++ b/providers/implementations/keymgmt/ecx_kmgmt.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static void *ecx_gen_init(void *provctx, int selection,
 #endif
     }
     if (!ecx_gen_set_params(gctx, params)) {
-        OPENSSL_free(gctx);
+        ecx_gen_cleanup(gctx);
         gctx = NULL;
     }
     return gctx;