diff --git a/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c b/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
index 35df0352b82..53a178ed69a 100644
--- a/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
+++ b/dlls/crtdll/crtdll_main.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ VOID __cdecl CRTDLL_perror (LPCSTR err)
 {
   char *err_str = CRTDLL_strerror(CRTDLL_errno);
   CRTDLL_fprintf(CRTDLL_stderr,"%s: %s\n",err,err_str);
-  CRTDLL_free(err_str);
 }