diff --git a/common/utils/LOG/log.c b/common/utils/LOG/log.c
index a65a9732e7..5b047c082d 100644
--- a/common/utils/LOG/log.c
+++ b/common/utils/LOG/log.c
@@ -411,6 +411,16 @@ int register_log_component(char *name,
   return computed_compidx;
 }
 
+static void unregister_all_log_components(void)
+{
+  log_component_t* lc = &g_log->log_component[0];
+  while (lc->name) {
+    free((char *)lc->name); // defined as const, but assigned through strdup()
+    free(lc->filelog_name);
+    lc++;
+  }
+}
+
 int isLogInitDone (void)
 {
   if (g_log == NULL)
@@ -502,6 +512,12 @@ int logInit (void)
   return 0;
 }
 
+void logTerm(void)
+{
+  unregister_all_log_components();
+  free_and_zero(g_log);
+}
+
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 static inline int log_header(log_component_t *c,
 			     char *log_buffer,
diff --git a/common/utils/LOG/log.h b/common/utils/LOG/log.h
index 8299c48fbb..d73fc03ed9 100644
--- a/common/utils/LOG/log.h
+++ b/common/utils/LOG/log.h
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #    include "log_if.h"
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 int  logInit (void);
+void logTerm (void);
 int  isLogInitDone (void);
 void logRecord_mt(const char *file, const char *func, int line,int comp, int level, const char *format, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 6, 7)));
 void vlogRecord_mt(const char *file, const char *func, int line, int comp, int level, const char *format, va_list args );
diff --git a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
index e47e1e440d..69e98242d9 100644
--- a/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
+++ b/openair1/SIMULATION/NR_PHY/dlschsim.c
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         vcd_signal_dumper_close();
 
   loader_reset();
+  logTerm();
 
 	return (n_errors);
 }