diff --git a/src/osdi/osdiregistry.c b/src/osdi/osdiregistry.c
index 827bbe6a0..dc5c47756 100644
--- a/src/osdi/osdiregistry.c
+++ b/src/osdi/osdiregistry.c
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ extern OsdiObjectFile load_object_file(const char *input) {
   if (!path) {
     fprintf(stderr, "Error opening osdi lib \"%s\": No such file or directory!\n",
            input);
-    txfree(path);
     return INVALID_OBJECT;
   }