diff --git a/net/l2tpv3.c b/net/l2tpv3.c
index 528d95b641..65db5ef279 100644
--- a/net/l2tpv3.c
+++ b/net/l2tpv3.c
@@ -660,7 +660,6 @@ int net_init_l2tpv3(const NetClientOptions *opts,
     if (fd == -1) {
         fd = -errno;
         error_report("l2tpv3_open : socket creation failed, errno = %d", -fd);
-        freeaddrinfo(result);
         goto outerr;
     }
     if (bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) result->ai_addr, result->ai_addrlen)) {