diff --git a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_context.c b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_context.c
index c5cf29bc10..5361f1deb5 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_context.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_context.c
@@ -292,12 +292,10 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_clean_ctx(ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_coll_context_t *ctx)
         ctx->channel = NULL;
     }
 
-   // if (ctx->devname && !strcmp(ctx->params.ib_dev_name, "")) {
-  //    //  ucc_free(ctx->devname);
-      //  ctx->devname = NULL;
-    //}
-
-    ucc_free(ctx);
+   if (ctx->devname && !strcmp(ctx->params.ib_dev_name, "")) {
+        ucc_free(ctx->devname);
+        ctx->devname = NULL;
+    }
 
     return UCC_OK;
 }