diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 6c83911d5..e1892080f 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ mrb_realloc(mrb_state *mrb, void *p, size_t len)
   p2 = mrb_realloc_simple(mrb, p, len);
   if (len == 0) return p2;
   if (p2 == NULL) {
-    mrb_free(mrb, p);
     mrb->gc.out_of_memory = TRUE;
     mrb_raise_nomemory(mrb);
   }