diff --git a/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c b/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
index 6b2a44057d..d93c364eb8 100644
--- a/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
+++ b/libraries/liblutil/uuid.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ lutil_uuidstr( char *buf, size_t len )
 	}
 
 	strncpy( buf, uuidstr, len );
-	free( uuidstr );
+	RpcStringFree( &uuidstr );
 
 	return uuidlen;