diff --git a/src/android/camera_device.cpp b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
index 98b8159ebd8c..42fb9ea4e113 100644
--- a/src/android/camera_device.cpp
+++ b/src/android/camera_device.cpp
@@ -1182,12 +1182,13 @@ int CameraDevice::configureStreams(camera3_stream_configuration_t *stream_list)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Clear and remove any existing configuration from previous calls, and
-	 * ensure the required entries are available without further
-	 * reallocation.
+	 * Clear and remove any existing configuration and memory allocated from
+	 * previous calls, and ensure the required entries are available without
+	 * further reallocation.
 	 */
 	streams_.clear();
 	streams_.reserve(stream_list->num_streams);
+	allocator_.clear();
 
 	/* First handle all non-MJPEG streams. */
 	camera3_stream_t *jpegStream = nullptr;