diff --git a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes_aws.c b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes_aws.c
index 87b701f76e0..6aed7306854 100644
--- a/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes_aws.c
+++ b/plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes_aws.c
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ int fetch_pod_service_map(struct flb_kube *ctx, char *api_server_url,
         flb_http_client_destroy(c);
         flb_upstream_conn_recycle(u_conn, FLB_FALSE);
         flb_upstream_conn_release(u_conn);
+        flb_upstream_destroy(ctx->aws_pod_association_upstream);
+        flb_tls_destroy(ctx->aws_pod_association_tls);
+        ctx->aws_pod_association_upstream = NULL;
+        ctx->aws_pod_association_tls = NULL;
     }
     return 0;
 }