diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 069eb65d6e..1054203de0 100755
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -627,7 +627,6 @@ int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	if (!*strp)
 		return -1;
 	vsnprintf(*strp, size + 1, fmt, ap);
-	free(*strp);
 
 	return size;
 }