diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
index 63e8541ffa..58d42bbeb1 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/input/parser.hpp
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ class parser
 
         if (keep and callback and not callback(depth, parse_event_t::value, result))
         {
+            result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
             result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
         }
     }
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index afbfa076c8..8726ccd83c 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -3526,6 +3526,7 @@ class parser
 
         if (keep and callback and not callback(depth, parse_event_t::value, result))
         {
+            result.m_value.destroy(result.m_type);
             result.m_type = value_t::discarded;
         }
     }