diff --git a/src/log-filestore.c b/src/log-filestore.c
index 8686a0a49f..4244b9a44f 100644
--- a/src/log-filestore.c
+++ b/src/log-filestore.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void LogFilestoreLogDeInitCtx(OutputCtx *output_ctx)
 {
     LogFileCtx *logfile_ctx = (LogFileCtx *)output_ctx->data;
     LogFileFreeCtx(logfile_ctx);
-    free(output_ctx);
+    SCFree(output_ctx);
 
 }