diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
index ffda5948ac..47929e188e 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_data.c
@@ -3527,7 +3527,8 @@ eet_data_get_array(Eet_Free_Context     *context,
              if (dst)
                {
                   memcpy(dst, data_ret, subsize);
-                  _eet_freelist_add(context, data_ret);
+		  if (edd) edd->func.mem_free(data_ret);
+		  else free(data_ret);
                }
 
              if (!edd)