diff --git a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
index 292884b651..04172e96e7 100644
--- a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
+++ b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_finalize.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int ompi_mpi_finalize(void)
     while (NULL != (item = opal_list_remove_first(&ompi_registered_datareps))) {
         OBJ_RELEASE(item);
     }
+    OBJ_DESTRUCT(&ompi_registered_datareps);
 
     /* Remove all F90 types from the hash tables. As the OBJ_DESTRUCT will
      * call a special destructor able to release predefined types, we can