diff --git a/source/blender/editors/armature/armature_utils.cc b/source/blender/editors/armature/armature_utils.cc
index 0d386be3974..87b31ba125f 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/armature/armature_utils.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/armature/armature_utils.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ void bone_free(bArmature *arm, EditBone *bone)
     }
   }
 
+  BLI_freelistN(&bone->bone_collections);
   BLI_freelinkN(arm->edbo, bone);
 }