diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 3c819bd..2f68785 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ static char *print_object(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt)
 	/* Handle failure */
 	if (fail)
 	{
-		for (i=0;i<numentries;i++) {if (names[i]) free(names[i]);if (entries[i]) free(entries[i]);}
-		free(names);free(entries);
+		for (i=0;i<numentries;i++) {if (names[i]) cJSON_free(names[i]);if (entries[i]) cJSON_free(entries[i]);}
+		cJSON_free(names);cJSON_free(entries);
 		return 0;
 	}