diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
index f75d584e70d..2e40946224e 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
@@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@ struct dict_foreign_remove_partial
 		if (table != NULL) {
 			table->referenced_set.erase(foreign);
 		}
+		dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -3535,8 +3536,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 	}
 
 	if (for_in_cache) {
-		/* Free the foreign object */
-		mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+		dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 	} else {
 		for_in_cache = foreign;
 	}
@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 				" the ones in table.");
 
 			if (for_in_cache == foreign) {
-				mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+				dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 			}
 
 			return(DB_CANNOT_ADD_CONSTRAINT);
@@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 							be one */
 				}
 
-				mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+				dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 			}
 
 			return(DB_CANNOT_ADD_CONSTRAINT);
diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
index e68bbe7d10a..77a31e5de63 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0load.cc
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ err_len:
 	}
 
 	/* This recieves a dict_foreign_t* that points to a stack variable.
-	So mem_heap_free(foreign->heap) is not used as elsewhere.
+	So dict_foreign_free(foreign) is not used as elsewhere.
 	Since the heap used here is freed elsewhere, foreign->heap
 	is not assigned. */
 	foreign->id = mem_heap_strdupl(heap, (const char*) field, len);
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0dict.cc b/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0dict.cc
index 5339ecfaed6..3845138c8bf 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0dict.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0dict.cc
@@ -1614,6 +1614,7 @@ struct dict_foreign_remove_partial
 		if (table != NULL) {
 			table->referenced_set.erase(foreign);
 		}
+		dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -3539,8 +3540,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 	}
 
 	if (for_in_cache) {
-		/* Free the foreign object */
-		mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+		dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 	} else {
 		for_in_cache = foreign;
 	}
@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 				" the ones in table.");
 
 			if (for_in_cache == foreign) {
-				mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+				dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 			}
 
 			return(DB_CANNOT_ADD_CONSTRAINT);
@@ -3620,7 +3620,7 @@ dict_foreign_add_to_cache(
 							be one */
 				}
 
-				mem_heap_free(foreign->heap);
+				dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 			}
 
 			return(DB_CANNOT_ADD_CONSTRAINT);
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0load.cc b/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0load.cc
index ca7de72c9b9..9ea4f4d873a 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0load.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/dict/dict0load.cc
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ err_len:
 	}
 
 	/* This recieves a dict_foreign_t* that points to a stack variable.
-	So mem_heap_free(foreign->heap) is not used as elsewhere.
+	So dict_foreign_free(foreign) is not used as elsewhere.
 	Since the heap used here is freed elsewhere, foreign->heap
 	is not assigned. */
 	foreign->id = mem_heap_strdupl(heap, (const char*) field, len);