diff --git a/system/masking/include/tracer.hpp b/system/masking/include/tracer.hpp
index 70cc9534c4a..3aef92ce189 100644
--- a/system/masking/include/tracer.hpp
+++ b/system/masking/include/tracer.hpp
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ class CModularTracer : public CBaseTracer
 public:
     CModularTracer()
     {
-        setSink(DefaultHelperName, new CStandardTraceMsgSink());
+        Owned<IModularTraceMsgSink> sink(new CStandardTraceMsgSink());
+        setSink(DefaultHelperName, sink);
     }
     inline bool setSink(IModularTraceMsgSink* sink)
     {