diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c b/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c
index 052d150dc138..3dd7afbda1fb 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c
@@ -653,7 +653,6 @@ _havemaster(char *_pw_yp_domain)
 
 	if (yp_first(_pw_yp_domain, "master.passwd.byname",
 		&key, &keylen, &result, &resultlen)) {
-		free(result);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	free(result);