diff --git a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
index 90c2d786eb9..59daa6396a3 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/dict/dict0dict.cc
@@ -1804,6 +1804,8 @@ dict_table_rename_in_cache(
 				foreign->referenced_table
 					->referenced_set.insert(foreign);
 			}
+		} else {
+			dict_foreign_free(foreign);
 		}
 	}