diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/optimization/LBFGS.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/optimization/LBFGS.scala
index 6232ff30a747..1be6e3deef54 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/optimization/LBFGS.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/optimization/LBFGS.scala
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ object LBFGS extends Logging {
             (grad1, loss1 + loss2)
           })
 
+      // broadcasted model is not needed anymore
+      bcW.destroy()
+
       /**
        * regVal is sum of weight squares if it's L2 updater;
        * for other updater, the same logic is followed.