diff --git a/modules/misc/gnutls.c b/modules/misc/gnutls.c
index 75196299f42010e6fe07464c25ea8c27c00242fa..fdb0faa4ebe728af0d72ede4890e4afdd9d4320a 100644
--- a/modules/misc/gnutls.c
+++ b/modules/misc/gnutls.c
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ static int OpenServer (vlc_tls_creds_t *crd, const char *cert, const char *key)
     if (val < 0)
     {
         msg_Err (crd, "cannot load X.509 key: %s", gnutls_strerror (val));
-        gnutls_certificate_free_credentials (sys->x509_cred);
         goto error;
     }