diff --git a/src/util/disk_cache.c b/src/util/disk_cache.c
index 77af64ed3b0..0cd92ca2d5b 100644
--- a/src/util/disk_cache.c
+++ b/src/util/disk_cache.c
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ void
 disk_cache_destroy(struct disk_cache *cache)
 {
    if (cache && !cache->path_init_failed) {
+      util_queue_finish(&cache->cache_queue);
       util_queue_destroy(&cache->cache_queue);
       munmap(cache->index_mmap, cache->index_mmap_size);
    }