diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index d2a7c945a14..4a0f86cbf0f 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.339.2.2 2007/07/23 18:13:09 mha Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.339.2.3 2007/10/09 15:03:31 mha Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -3620,7 +3620,6 @@ PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname, char *username)
 		fprintf(stderr,
 		libpq_gettext("WARNING: password file \"%s\" is not a plain file\n"),
 				pgpassfile);
-		free(pgpassfile);
 		return NULL;
 	}