diff --git a/examples/07-callback/callback.cpp b/examples/07-callback/callback.cpp
index 7e30d599e..2fda11888 100644
--- a/examples/07-callback/callback.cpp
+++ b/examples/07-callback/callback.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ struct BgfxCallback : public bgfx::CallbackI
 		if (NULL != m_writer)
 		{
 			m_writer->close();
+			delete m_writer;
+			m_writer = NULL;
 		}
 	}