diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/gmp/gmp_rsa_private_key.c b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/gmp/gmp_rsa_private_key.c
index e86028721..2c7097a74 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/plugins/gmp/gmp_rsa_private_key.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/plugins/gmp/gmp_rsa_private_key.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static status_t compute_prime(size_t prime_size, bool safe, mpz_t *prime)
 	while (((mpz_sizeinbase(*prime, 2) + 7) / 8) > prime_size);
 
 	rng->destroy(rng);
-	mpz_clear(q);
+	mpz_clear_sensitive(q);
 
 	return SUCCESS;
 }