diff --git a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryContainerIterator.f90 b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryContainerIterator.f90
index bad175bf602..f9169a1d35a 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryContainerIterator.f90
+++ b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryContainerIterator.f90
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ module MemoryContainerIteratorModule
   !!
   !<
   function constructor(container_iterator) result(iterator)
-    class(IteratorType) :: container_iterator
+    class(IteratorType), allocatable :: container_iterator
     type(MemoryContainerIteratorType) :: iterator
 
-    iterator%container_iterator = container_iterator
+    call move_alloc(container_iterator, iterator%container_iterator)
 
   end function constructor
 
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryManagerExt.f90 b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryManagerExt.f90
index 00d61b7ebe7..255c745e738 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryManagerExt.f90
+++ b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryManagerExt.f90
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ subroutine memorystore_remove(component, subcomponent, context)
         if (mt%path == memory_path .and. mt%mt_associated()) then
           call mt%mt_deallocate()
           removed = .true.
+          deallocate (itr)
           exit
         end if
       end do
diff --git a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryStore.f90 b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryStore.f90
index 4a7664770af..93a7a40e6fc 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryStore.f90
+++ b/src/Utilities/Memory/MemoryStore.f90
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module MemoryStoreModule
 
   type :: MemoryStoreType
     private
-    type(PtrHashTableType), private :: container
+    type(PtrHashTableType) :: container
   contains
     procedure :: iterator
     procedure :: add
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ module MemoryStoreModule
   !!
   !<
   function iterator(this) result(itr)
-    ! -- dummy
     class(MemoryStoreType) :: this
     type(MemoryContainerIteratorType) :: itr
+    ! -- local
+    class(IteratorType), allocatable :: container_iterator
 
-    itr = MemoryContainerIteratorType(this%container%Iterator())
+    allocate (container_iterator, source=this%container%iterator())
+    itr = MemoryContainerIteratorType(container_iterator)
   end function
 
   !> @brief Add a MemoryType to the container