diff --git a/src/sim/eventq.hh b/src/sim/eventq.hh
index 781bcdb..6e8e633 100644
--- a/src/sim/eventq.hh
+++ b/src/sim/eventq.hh
@@ -711,7 +711,11 @@
      */
     void checkpointReschedule(Event *event);
 
-    virtual ~EventQueue() { }
+    virtual ~EventQueue()
+    {
+        while (!empty())
+            deschedule(getHead());
+    }
 };
 
 void dumpMainQueue();