diff --git a/providers/implementations/keymgmt/dsa_kmgmt.c b/providers/implementations/keymgmt/dsa_kmgmt.c
index 3b12be27cc..0b41e0a173 100644
--- a/providers/implementations/keymgmt/dsa_kmgmt.c
+++ b/providers/implementations/keymgmt/dsa_kmgmt.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static void *dsa_gen_init(void *provctx, int selection,
         OSSL_FIPS_IND_INIT(gctx)
     }
     if (!dsa_gen_set_params(gctx, params)) {
-        OPENSSL_free(gctx);
+        dsa_gen_cleanup(gctx);
         gctx = NULL;
     }
     return gctx;