diff --git a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
index bbc5707a19..d0704a03de 100644
--- a/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
+++ b/modules/ssl/ssl_engine_kernel.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,6 @@ static void modssl_proxy_info_log(server_rec *s,
     ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, s,
                  SSLPROXY_CERT_CB_LOG_FMT "%s, sending %s", 
                  sc->vhost_id, msg, dn ? dn : "-uknown-");
-    modssl_free(dn);
 }
 
 /*