1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/lockfile-util.c b/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
index 05e16d1caa..f3ec6a3e52 100644
--- a/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/lockfile-util.c
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@ void release_lock_file(LockFile *f) {
                 if ((f->operation & ~LOCK_NB) == LOCK_EX)
                         unlink_noerrno(f->path);
 
-                free(f->path);
-                f->path = NULL;
+                f->path = mfree(f->path);
         }
 
         f->fd = safe_close(f->fd);