diff --git a/library/testing/TestSDKEngineRecreation.cxx b/library/testing/TestSDKEngineRecreation.cxx
index 56cd02101e..a5de09fced 100644
--- a/library/testing/TestSDKEngineRecreation.cxx
+++ b/library/testing/TestSDKEngineRecreation.cxx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int TestSDKEngineRecreation(int argc, char* argv[])
   {
     f3d::engine* eng2 = new f3d::engine(f3d::engine::create(false));
     eng2->getInteractor().playInteraction(interactionFilePath);
+    delete eng2;
   }
-  delete eng2;
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }