diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
index 032d2a5d81..0e23848896 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_strings.c
@@ -74,6 +74,5 @@ void ecore_string_release(char *string)
 	if (str->references < 1) {
 		ecore_hash_remove(ecore_strings, string);
 		FREE(str->string);
-		FREE(str);
 	}
 }