diff --git a/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.cc b/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.cc
index 825efe4c531..18518571fed 100644
--- a/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.cc
+++ b/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "tscore/ink_memory.h"
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 
 using CacheHTTPInfo = HTTPInfo;
@@ -97,6 +98,18 @@ Stripe::Stripe(CacheDisk *disk, off_t blocks, off_t dir_skip, int avg_obj_size,
   this->_init_directory(this->dirlen(), this->headerlen(), DIRECTORY_FOOTER_SIZE);
 }
 
+Stripe::~Stripe()
+{
+  if (this->directory.raw_dir != nullptr) {
+    if (this->_dir_uses_hugepages) {
+      ats_free_hugepage(this->directory.raw_dir, this->dirlen());
+    } else {
+      ats_free(this->directory.raw_dir);
+    }
+    this->directory.raw_dir = nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
 void
 Stripe::_init_hash_text(CacheDisk const *disk, off_t blocks, off_t dir_skip)
 {
@@ -154,6 +167,9 @@ Stripe::_init_directory(std::size_t directory_size, int header_size, int footer_
       directory_size, (long long)this->len, percent(directory_size, this->len));
   if (ats_hugepage_enabled()) {
     this->directory.raw_dir = static_cast<char *>(ats_alloc_hugepage(directory_size));
+    if (this->directory.raw_dir != nullptr) {
+      this->_dir_uses_hugepages = true;
+    }
   }
   if (nullptr == this->directory.raw_dir) {
     this->directory.raw_dir = static_cast<char *>(ats_memalign(ats_pagesize(), directory_size));
diff --git a/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.h b/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.h
index 7cf6f02482b..2a1465964a9 100644
--- a/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.h
+++ b/src/iocore/cache/Stripe.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class Stripe
    */
   Stripe(CacheDisk *disk, off_t blocks, off_t dir_skip, int avg_obj_size = -1, int fragment_size = -1);
 
+  ~Stripe();
+
   int dir_check();
 
   uint32_t round_to_approx_size(uint32_t l) const;
@@ -150,6 +152,8 @@ class Stripe
   bool flush_aggregate_write_buffer(int fd);
 
 private:
+  bool _dir_uses_hugepages{false};
+
   void _init_hash_text(CacheDisk const *disk, off_t blocks, off_t dir_skip);
   void _init_data(off_t store_block_size, int avg_obj_size = -1);
   void _init_data_internal(int avg_obj_size = -1); // Defaults to cache_config_min_average_object_size;