1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apps/ca.c b/apps/ca.c
index 20c4ebb043..4cea3cb7b1 100644
--- a/apps/ca.c
+++ b/apps/ca.c
@@ -2224,7 +2224,6 @@ static int certify_spkac(X509 **xret, char *infile, EVP_PKEY *pkey,
     sk = CONF_get_section(parms, "default");
     if (sk_CONF_VALUE_num(sk) == 0) {
         BIO_printf(bio_err, "no name/value pairs found in %s\n", infile);
-        CONF_free(parms);
         goto err;
     }