diff --git a/src/physfs_platform_windows.c b/src/physfs_platform_windows.c
index c1daf34..e87e5fe 100644
--- a/src/physfs_platform_windows.c
+++ b/src/physfs_platform_windows.c
@@ -749,7 +749,6 @@ void *__PHYSFS_platformOpenAppend(const char *filename)
     {
         const PHYSFS_ErrorCode err = errcodeFromWinApi();
         CloseHandle(h);
-        allocator.Free(retval);
         BAIL(err, NULL);
     } /* if */