diff --git a/qapi/opts-visitor.c b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
index a59d306e46..e048b6c863 100644
--- a/qapi/opts-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/opts-visitor.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ opts_visitor_cleanup(OptsVisitor *ov)
         g_hash_table_destroy(ov->unprocessed_opts);
     }
     g_free(ov->fake_id_opt);
-    memset(ov, '\0', sizeof *ov);
+    g_free(ov);
 }