diff --git a/source/libs/audit/src/auditMain.c b/source/libs/audit/src/auditMain.c
index 7616617ff0..19dc771c56 100644
--- a/source/libs/audit/src/auditMain.c
+++ b/source/libs/audit/src/auditMain.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "tglobal.h"
 #include "mnode.h"
 #include "audit.h"
+#include "osMemory.h"
 
 SAudit tsAudit = {0};
 char* tsAuditUri = "/audit";
@@ -36,9 +37,18 @@ int32_t auditInit(const SAuditCfg *pCfg) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+static FORCE_INLINE void auditDeleteRecord(SAuditRecord * record) {
+  if (record) {
+    taosMemoryFree(record->detail);
+    taosMemoryFree(record);
+  }
+}
+
 void auditCleanup() {
   tsLogFp = NULL;
-  taosArrayDestroy(tsAudit.records);
+  taosThreadMutexLock(&tsAudit.lock);
+  taosArrayDestroyP(tsAudit.records, (FDelete)auditDeleteRecord);
+  taosThreadMutexUnlock(&tsAudit.lock);
   tsAudit.records = NULL;
   taosThreadMutexDestroy(&tsAudit.lock);
 }