diff --git a/opencv/cvaux.go b/opencv/cvaux.go
index 80ef049..55e9eb5 100644
--- a/opencv/cvaux.go
+++ b/opencv/cvaux.go
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ func (this *HaarCascade) DetectObjects(image *IplImage) []*Rect {
 		rect := (*Rect)((*_Ctype_CvRect)(unsafe.Pointer(C.cvGetSeqElem(seq, C.int(i)))))
 		faces = append(faces, rect)
 	}
+	
+	storage_c := (*C.CvMemStorage)(storage)
+	C.cvReleaseMemStorage(&storage_c)
+	
 	return faces
 }