diff --git a/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc b/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
index 825e5e507ad..f5e88190cac 100644
--- a/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
+++ b/libmysqld/lib_sql.cc
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ int emb_read_binary_rows(MYSQL_STMT *stmt)
   MYSQL_DATA *data;
   if (!(data= emb_read_rows(stmt->mysql, 0, 0)))
   {
-    stmt->result= *data;
-    my_free((char *) data, MYF(0));
     set_stmt_errmsg(stmt, stmt->mysql->net.last_error,
                     stmt->mysql->net.last_errno, stmt->mysql->net.sqlstate);
     return 1;