diff --git a/bindings/rust/evmc-declare/src/lib.rs b/bindings/rust/evmc-declare/src/lib.rs
index b3ae01e..7a64d2e 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/evmc-declare/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/rust/evmc-declare/src/lib.rs
@@ -301,8 +301,11 @@ fn build_create_fn(names: &VMNameSet) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
                 version: unsafe { ::std::ffi::CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(#static_version_ident.as_bytes()).as_ptr() as *const i8 },
             };
 
+            let container = ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::<#type_ident>::new(new_instance);
+
             unsafe {
-                ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::into_ffi_pointer(Box::new(::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::<#type_ident>::new(new_instance)))
+                // Release ownership to EVMC.
+                ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::into_ffi_pointer(container)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -319,6 +322,7 @@ fn build_destroy_fn(names: &VMNameSet) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
                 std::process::abort();
             }
             unsafe {
+                // Acquire ownership from EVMC. This will deallocate it also at the end of the scope.
                 ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::<#type_ident>::from_ffi_pointer(instance);
             }
         }
@@ -367,6 +371,7 @@ fn build_execute_fn(names: &VMNameSet) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
             };
 
             let container = unsafe {
+                // Acquire ownership from EVMC.
                 ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::<#type_name_ident>::from_ffi_pointer(instance)
             };
 
@@ -385,6 +390,7 @@ fn build_execute_fn(names: &VMNameSet) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
             };
 
             unsafe {
+                // Release ownership to EVMC.
                 ::evmc_vm::EvmcContainer::into_ffi_pointer(container);
             }
 
diff --git a/bindings/rust/evmc-vm/src/container.rs b/bindings/rust/evmc-vm/src/container.rs
index fc3db1b..6565ed5 100644
--- a/bindings/rust/evmc-vm/src/container.rs
+++ b/bindings/rust/evmc-vm/src/container.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ where
     T: EvmcVm + Sized,
 {
     /// Basic constructor.
-    pub fn new(_instance: ::evmc_sys::evmc_instance) -> Self {
-        Self {
+    pub fn new(_instance: ::evmc_sys::evmc_instance) -> Box<Self> {
+        Box::new(Self {
             instance: _instance,
             vm: T::init(),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// Take ownership of the given pointer and return a box.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ mod tests {
             ::evmc_sys::evmc_status_code::EVMC_FAILURE
         );
 
-        let ptr = unsafe { EvmcContainer::into_ffi_pointer(Box::new(container)) };
+        let ptr = unsafe { EvmcContainer::into_ffi_pointer(container) };
 
         let mut context = ExecutionContext::new(&mut backing_context);
         let container = unsafe { EvmcContainer::<TestVm>::from_ffi_pointer(ptr) };