diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
index 865f46ea724f285046542fab1639a4377d2a2aa1..c80765b211cf0fae7a91c35494dc9ed45247eafe 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ struct x509_certificate *x509_cert_parse(const void *data, size_t datalen)
 	return cert;
 
 error_decode:
-	kfree(cert->pub->key);
 	kfree(ctx);
 error_no_ctx:
 	x509_free_certificate(cert);