diff --git a/source/s3_request.c b/source/s3_request.c
index 805474d57..f9c92e285 100644
--- a/source/s3_request.c
+++ b/source/s3_request.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static void s_s3_request_destroy(void *user_data) {
     aws_s3_request_clean_up_send_data(request);
     aws_byte_buf_clean_up(&request->request_body);
     aws_s3_buffer_pool_release_ticket(request->meta_request->client->buffer_pool, request->ticket);
+    aws_string_destroy(request->operation_name);
     aws_s3_meta_request_release(request->meta_request);
 
     aws_mem_release(request->allocator, request);