diff --git a/include/tscore/JeAllocator.h b/include/tscore/JeAllocator.h
index c83ba0ba029..b67da12d0eb 100644
--- a/include/tscore/JeAllocator.h
+++ b/include/tscore/JeAllocator.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class JemallocNodumpAllocator
 {
 public:
   void *allocate(InkFreeList *f);
+  void deallocate(InkFreeList *f, void *ptr);
 
 private:
 #if JEMALLOC_NODUMP_ALLOCATOR_SUPPORTED
diff --git a/src/tscore/JeAllocator.cc b/src/tscore/JeAllocator.cc
index 07ee5cfe1b0..31eb611d7f8 100644
--- a/src/tscore/JeAllocator.cc
+++ b/src/tscore/JeAllocator.cc
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ JemallocNodumpAllocator::allocate(InkFreeList *f)
   return newp;
 }
 
+void
+JemallocNodumpAllocator::deallocate(InkFreeList *f, void *ptr)
+{
+  if (f->advice) {
+#if JEMALLOC_NODUMP_ALLOCATOR_SUPPORTED
+    if (likely(ptr)) {
+      dallocx(ptr, MALLOCX_TCACHE_NONE);
+    }
+#else
+    ats_free(ptr);
+#endif
+  } else {
+    ats_free(ptr);
+  }
+}
+
 JemallocNodumpAllocator &
 globalJemallocNodumpAllocator()
 {
diff --git a/src/tscore/ink_queue.cc b/src/tscore/ink_queue.cc
index 1f098e232a7..9dd4c7d9778 100644
--- a/src/tscore/ink_queue.cc
+++ b/src/tscore/ink_queue.cc
@@ -327,9 +327,11 @@ freelist_free(InkFreeList *f, void *item)
 static void
 malloc_free(InkFreeList *f, void *item)
 {
-  // Avoid compiler warnings
-  (void)f;
-  ats_free(item);
+  if (f->alignment) {
+    jna.deallocate(f, item);
+  } else {
+    ats_free(item);
+  }
 }
 
 void