diff -ur a/src/tspi/obj_context.c b/src/tspi/obj_context.c
--- a/src/tspi/obj_context.c	2014-11-03 12:31:55.000000000 -0700
+++ b/src/tspi/obj_context.c	2018-08-10 11:02:02.246962638 -0700
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
     context->machineName = (BYTE *)calloc(1, len);
     if (context->machineName == NULL) {
         LogError("malloc of %u bytes failed.", len);
+	obj_list_put(&context_list);
         return TSPERR(TSS_E_OUTOFMEMORY);
     }
     memcpy(context->machineName, name, len);