Index: runtime/src/kmp_csupport.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_csupport.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_csupport.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,11 @@
   KA_TRACE(100, ("__kmpc_fork_teams: Thread %p popping node %p and moving up"
                  " to node %p. cg_nthreads was %d\n",
                  this_thr, tmp, this_thr->th.th_cg_roots, tmp->cg_nthreads));
-  __kmp_free(tmp);
+  KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(tmp->cg_nthreads);
+  int i = tmp->cg_nthreads--;
+  if (i == 1) { // check is we are the last thread in CG (not always the case)
+    __kmp_free(tmp);
+  }
   // Restore current task's thread_limit from CG root
   KMP_DEBUG_ASSERT(this_thr->th.th_cg_roots);
   this_thr->th.th_current_task->td_icvs.thread_limit =
Index: runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
===================================================================
--- runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
+++ runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
@@ -5695,6 +5695,9 @@
       this_th->th.th_cg_roots = tmp->up;
       __kmp_free(tmp);
     } else { // Worker thread
+      if (tmp->cg_nthreads == 0) { // last thread leaves contention group
+        __kmp_free(tmp);
+      }
       this_th->th.th_cg_roots = NULL;
       break;
     }