diff --git a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
index a7c90da6a9b..ad146c526d1 100644
--- a/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/testlib/qabstractitemmodeltester/tst_qabstractitemmodeltester.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ void tst_QAbstractItemModelTester::treeWidgetModel()
         new QTreeWidgetItem(root, QStringList(QString::number(i)));
     QTreeWidgetItem *remove = root->child(2);
     root->removeChild(remove);
+    delete remove;
     QTreeWidgetItem *parent = new QTreeWidgetItem(&widget, QStringList("parent"));
     new QTreeWidgetItem(parent, QStringList("child"));
     parent->setHidden(true);