diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.c b/fs/fat/fat.c
index 06c8ed14bdab0ac948cf905e09a2821ec63bfdab..29cae8d3914761cdd965b3ec536b807510e39fa0 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.c
@@ -1174,10 +1174,6 @@ int file_fat_read_at(const char *filename, loff_t pos, void *buffer,
 	/* For saving default max clustersize memory allocated to malloc pool */
 	dir_entry *dentptr = itr->dent;
 
-	free(itr);
-
-	itr = NULL;
-
 	ret = get_contents(&fsdata, dentptr, pos, buffer, maxsize, actread);
 
 out_free_both: