diff --git a/imap/tls.c b/imap/tls.c
index cee70d9b92..31de7a757f 100644
--- a/imap/tls.c
+++ b/imap/tls.c
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ static void remove_session_cb(SSL_CTX *ctx __attribute__((unused)),
     session_id = SSL_SESSION_get_id(sess, &session_id_length);
 
     remove_session(session_id, session_id_length);
-    SSL_SESSION_free(sess);
 }
 
 /*