diff --git a/osquery/main/windows/main.cpp b/osquery/main/windows/main.cpp
index 8171df2ba6f..255e97f6ee3 100644
--- a/osquery/main/windows/main.cpp
+++ b/osquery/main/windows/main.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class ServiceArgumentParser {
           // On error, bail out and clean up the vector
           if (arg == nullptr) {
             cleanArgs();
-            ::LocalFree(wargv);
             break;
           }
           args_.push_back(arg);