diff --git a/src/video/dummy/SDL_nullvideo.c b/src/video/dummy/SDL_nullvideo.c
index 28147bd18..79f831eee 100644
--- a/src/video/dummy/SDL_nullvideo.c
+++ b/src/video/dummy/SDL_nullvideo.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ DUMMY_CreateDevice(int devindex)
     device = (SDL_VideoDevice *) SDL_calloc(1, sizeof(SDL_VideoDevice));
     if (!device) {
         SDL_OutOfMemory();
-        SDL_free(device);
         return (0);
     }