diff --git a/extras/fixture/src/unity_fixture.c b/extras/fixture/src/unity_fixture.c
index 8e398763e986e8422efe50e602120185df32e715..8130931382bd17b56b8a031d6bdf35df75d7eeca 100644
--- a/extras/fixture/src/unity_fixture.c
+++ b/extras/fixture/src/unity_fixture.c
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ void* unity_malloc(size_t size)
     mem = (char*)&(guard[1]);
     memcpy(&mem[size], end, sizeof(end));
 
+#ifndef UNITY_EXCLUDE_STDLIB_MALLOC
     free(guard);
+#endif
     return (void*)mem;
 }