diff --git a/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c b/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
index f369b07555..2993271ee5 100644
--- a/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
+++ b/osdep/win32-console-wrapper.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t **argv, wchar_t **envp)
     len = wcslen(exe) + wcslen(args) + 1;
     eargs = malloc(len * sizeof(wchar_t));
     swprintf(eargs, len, L"%s%s", exe, args);
-    free(cmd);
+    LocalFree(cmd);
 
     cr_runproc(exe, eargs);