diff --git a/src/runmode-pfring.c b/src/runmode-pfring.c
index 9da6c8b747..f625e615ef 100644
--- a/src/runmode-pfring.c
+++ b/src/runmode-pfring.c
@@ -388,14 +388,9 @@ int RunModeIdsPfringAutoFp(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
                               live_dev);
     if (ret != 0) {
         printf("ERROR: Unable to start runmode\n");
-        if (live_dev)
-            SCFree(live_dev);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    if (live_dev)
-        SCFree(live_dev);
-
     SCLogInfo("RunModeIdsPfringAutoFp initialised");
 #endif /* HAVE_PFRING */
 
@@ -443,14 +438,9 @@ int RunModeIdsPfringSingle(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
                               live_dev);
     if (ret != 0) {
         printf("ERROR: Unable to start runmode\n");
-        if (live_dev)
-            SCFree(live_dev);
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    if (live_dev)
-        SCFree(live_dev);
-
     SCLogInfo("RunModeIdsPfringSingle initialised");
 #endif /* HAVE_PFRING */