diff --git a/Control/RootUtils/src/TSMethodCall.cxx b/Control/RootUtils/src/TSMethodCall.cxx
index ca6be0db5a2bf2534942684a10bcb65b50bc157c..812e2bdd1ca2fd0205ee2e4c2b3103b59bea7181 100644
--- a/Control/RootUtils/src/TSMethodCall.cxx
+++ b/Control/RootUtils/src/TSMethodCall.cxx
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ TSMethodCall::~TSMethodCall()
   TInterpreter* cling ATLAS_THREAD_SAFE = gCling;
   if (!cling) {
     m_meth.release();
+    m_tsMeth.release();
   }
 }