diff --git a/hw/timer/digic-timer.c b/hw/timer/digic-timer.c
index 32612228daf9..e3aae4a45a48 100644
--- a/hw/timer/digic-timer.c
+++ b/hw/timer/digic-timer.c
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ static void digic_timer_init(Object *obj)
     sysbus_init_mmio(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(obj), &s->iomem);
 }
 
+static void digic_timer_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    DigicTimerState *s = DIGIC_TIMER(obj);
+
+    ptimer_free(s->ptimer);
+}
+
 static void digic_timer_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -167,6 +174,7 @@ static const TypeInfo digic_timer_info = {
     .parent = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(DigicTimerState),
     .instance_init = digic_timer_init,
+    .instance_finalize = digic_timer_finalize,
     .class_init = digic_timer_class_init,
 };