diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/call_credentials.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/call_credentials.c
index a395d53614e..e8a22e6d1bb 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/call_credentials.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/call_credentials.c
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ PHP_METHOD(CallCredentials, createFromPlugin) {
                             fci->params, fci->param_count) == FAILURE) {
     zend_throw_exception(spl_ce_InvalidArgumentException,
                          "createFromPlugin expects 1 callback", 1 TSRMLS_CC);
+    free(fci);
+    free(fci_cache);
     return;
   }