diff --git a/src/storage/storage_driver.c b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
index 88f3809064..3b95c704b0 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_driver.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_driver.c
@@ -794,6 +794,10 @@ storagePoolDestroy(virStoragePoolPtr obj) {
     if (pool->configFile == NULL) {
         virStoragePoolObjRemove(&driver->pools, pool);
         pool = NULL;
+    } else if (pool->newDef) {
+        virStoragePoolDefFree(pool->def);
+        pool->def = pool->newDef;
+        pool->newDef = NULL;
     }
     ret = 0;
 
@@ -804,7 +808,6 @@ cleanup:
     return ret;
 }
 
-
 static int
 storagePoolDelete(virStoragePoolPtr obj,
                   unsigned int flags) {