diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index fbdab1babb..3fee3f28bf 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ static void *handle_statechange(struct statechange *sc)
 	if (loc) {
 		*loc++ = '\0';
 	} else {
-		free(sc);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -564,7 +563,6 @@ static void *handle_statechange(struct statechange *sc)
 	if (!curint) {
 		if (option_debug > 2)
 			ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Device '%s/%s' changed to state '%d' (%s) but we don't care because they're not a member of any queue.\n", technology, loc, sc->state, devstate2str(sc->state));
-		free(sc);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -613,8 +611,6 @@ static void *handle_statechange(struct statechange *sc)
 	}
 	AST_LIST_UNLOCK(&queues);
 
-	free(sc);
-
 	return NULL;
 }