diff --git a/src/kits/textencoding/utf8_conversions.cpp b/src/kits/textencoding/utf8_conversions.cpp
index 7f52e94bce..daceee0368 100644
--- a/src/kits/textencoding/utf8_conversions.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/textencoding/utf8_conversions.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ convert_encoding(const char* from, const char* to, const char* src,
 							&outputLeft);
 						iconv_close(iso8859_1to);
 					}
-					delete original;
+					delete[] original;
 					break;
 				}