diff --git a/src/transactions/transaction.rs b/src/transactions/transaction.rs
index 39b2b06..089e1ad 100644
--- a/src/transactions/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transactions/transaction.rs
@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ impl<'db, DB> Transaction<'db, DB> {
             let wi = ffi::rocksdb_transaction_get_writebatch_wi(self.inner);
             let mut len: usize = 0;
             let ptr = ffi::rocksdb_writebatch_wi_data(wi, &mut len as _);
-            let data = std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len).to_owned();
-            let writebatch = ffi::rocksdb_writebatch_create_from(data.as_ptr(), data.len());
+            let writebatch = ffi::rocksdb_writebatch_create_from(ptr, len);
+            ffi::rocksdb_free(wi as *mut c_void);
             WriteBatchWithTransaction { inner: writebatch }
         }
     }