diff --git a/src/algorithms/VuMeter.cpp b/src/algorithms/VuMeter.cpp
index b0d48992886a39bc52892d45748335f2684293c1..032101510d59beb5865ce5736a32ec8d7a4892c2 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/VuMeter.cpp
+++ b/src/algorithms/VuMeter.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ void VuMeter::process(const cv::Mat &img_input, cv::Mat &img_output, cv::Mat &im
 
   img_foreground.copyTo(img_output);
   img_background.copyTo(img_bgmodel);
+  cvReleaseImage(&frame);
 
   firstTime = false;
 }