diff --git a/malloc/malloc.c b/malloc/malloc.c
index 9a5c9a9de2..3a8aaeb665 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -3288,7 +3288,6 @@ static void
 tcache_thread_shutdown (void)
 {
   int i;
-  mchunkptr p;
   tcache_perthread_struct *tcache_tmp = tcache;
 
   tcache_shutting_down = true;
@@ -3310,14 +3309,11 @@ tcache_thread_shutdown (void)
 	    malloc_printerr ("tcache_thread_shutdown(): "
 			     "unaligned tcache chunk detected");
 	  tcache_tmp->entries[i] = REVEAL_PTR (e->next);
-	  e->key = 0;
-	  p = mem2chunk (e);
-	  _int_free_chunk (arena_for_chunk (p), p, chunksize (p), 0);
+	  __libc_free (e);
 	}
     }
 
-  p = mem2chunk (tcache_tmp);
-  _int_free_chunk (arena_for_chunk (p), p, chunksize (p), 0);
+  __libc_free (tcache_tmp);
 }
 
 /* Initialize tcache.  In the rare case there isn't any memory available,