diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index 2f2076409fc5f980a1ad76f6cf8480ce5bfc5327..59ec6b2af04b0deb849a90b057982dd663fa31e2 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ static struct rt_module* _load_shared_object(const char *name, void *module_ptr)
 			if (unsolved)
 			{
 				rt_object_delete(&(module->parent));
-				rt_free(module);
 
 				return RT_NULL;
 			}