diff --git a/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp b/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
index a8e53f28eb..0d11d0f803 100644
--- a/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
+++ b/examples/speculative-simple/speculative-simple.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     LOG_INF("target:\n\n");
     common_perf_print(ctx_tgt, smpl);
 
+    llama_batch_free(batch_tgt);
+
     common_sampler_free(smpl);
     common_speculative_free(spec);