diff --git a/src/amuse/community/gadget2/interface.cc b/src/amuse/community/gadget2/interface.cc
index 6543e80047..6902bcfdb2 100644
--- a/src/amuse/community/gadget2/interface.cc
+++ b/src/amuse/community/gadget2/interface.cc
@@ -1453,6 +1453,7 @@ int check_counts_and_free(int *count, int length){
 #ifndef NOMPI
         MPI_Reduce(count, NULL, length, MPI_INT, MPI_SUM, 0, GADGET_WORLD);
 #endif
+        delete[] count;
         return 0;
     } else {
 #ifndef NOMPI