diff --git a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
index 4e24984c4..51c8cd828 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/output/plugins/PulseOutputPlugin.cxx
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ pulse_output_enable(AudioOutput *ao, Error &error)
 
 	po->mainloop = pa_threaded_mainloop_new();
 	if (po->mainloop == nullptr) {
-		g_free(po);
-
 		error.Set(pulse_output_domain,
 			  "pa_threaded_mainloop_new() has failed");
 		return false;