diff --git a/src/coredump/coredump.c b/src/coredump/coredump.c
index 3f6eecbcfa..a207086d81 100644
--- a/src/coredump/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump/coredump.c
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ static int save_external_coredump(
                 *ret_size = uncompressed_size;
                 *ret_compressed_size = (uint64_t) st.st_size;  /* compressed */
                 *ret_truncated = truncated;
-                tmp_compressed = mfree(tmp_compressed);
 
                 return 0;
         }