diff --git a/[GSoC]ChangeLog b/[GSoC]ChangeLog
index 12194c69d..baa899567 100644
--- a/[GSoC]ChangeLog
+++ b/[GSoC]ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-07-08  Anuj Verma  <anujv@iitbhilai.ac.in>
+
+	* src/sdf/ftsdf.c (split_sdf_shape): Memory leak.
+	  After recursion the edges variable becomes `NULL'
+	  so reassign it to deallocate the list completely.
+
 2020-07-08  Anuj Verma  <anujv@iitbhilai.ac.in>
 
 	[sdf] Added functions to subdivide a conic curve.
diff --git a/src/sdf/ftsdf.c b/src/sdf/ftsdf.c
index 0fa0bccf3..e8b82bfb8 100644
--- a/src/sdf/ftsdf.c
+++ b/src/sdf/ftsdf.c
@@ -824,6 +824,8 @@
         edges.head = edges.head->next;
       }
 
+      edges = ((SDF_Contour*)contours.head->data)->edges;
+
       /* Deallocate the previous list of edges and     */
       /* assign the newly created list to the contour. */
       FT_List_Finalize( &edges, sdf_edge_destructor, memory, NULL );
@@ -2712,6 +2714,8 @@
 
     FT_CALL( sdf_outline_decompose( outline, shape ) );
 
+    split_sdf_shape( shape );
+
     FT_CALL( sdf_generate_bounding_box( shape, sdf_params->spread, 
                            sdf_params->root.target ) );