diff --git a/src/core/songloader.cpp b/src/core/songloader.cpp
index c9c91e3b1..522b1d04d 100644
--- a/src/core/songloader.cpp
+++ b/src/core/songloader.cpp
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void SongLoader::ErrorMessageReceived(GstMessage *msg) {
   QString message_str = error->message;
 
   g_error_free(error);
-  free(debugs);
+  g_free(debugs);
 
   if (state_ == WaitingForType && message_str == gst_error_get_message(GST_STREAM_ERROR, GST_STREAM_ERROR_TYPE_NOT_FOUND)) {
     // Don't give up - assume it's a playlist and see if one of our parsers can read it.