diff --git a/caches/lru_variants.cpp b/caches/lru_variants.cpp
index ffbfbca2..6ad29632 100644
--- a/caches/lru_variants.cpp
+++ b/caches/lru_variants.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ SimpleRequest* LRUCache::evict_return()
 
 void LRUCache::evict()
 {
-    evict_return();
+    delete evict_return();
 }
 
 // const_iterator: a forward iterator to const value_type, where