diff --git a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ntfs/fs_func.c b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ntfs/fs_func.c
index 4d1ddd267b..aee6569949 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ntfs/fs_func.c
+++ b/src/add-ons/kernel/file_systems/ntfs/fs_func.c
@@ -965,8 +965,6 @@ fs_create(fs_volume *_vol, fs_vnode *_dir, const char *name, int omode,
 			result = errno;
 	}
 
-	free(uname);
-
 exit:
 	if (result >= B_OK)
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