diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 235a728b5..8f8ba0724 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	- Remove warning about unused parameter in event_pluggable.c.
 	- Fix libev usage of dispatch return value.
 	- No side effects in tolower() call, in case it is a macro.
+	- For test put free in pluggable api in parenthesis.
 
 10 March 2016: Wouter
 	- Fixup backend2str for libev.
diff --git a/util/ub_event_pluggable.c b/util/ub_event_pluggable.c
index 3ba1f2913..ccc7d64d5 100644
--- a/util/ub_event_pluggable.c
+++ b/util/ub_event_pluggable.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ ub_event_free(struct ub_event* ev)
 	if (ev && ev->magic == UB_EVENT_MAGIC) {
 		fptr_ok(ev->vmt != &default_event_vmt ||
 			ev->vmt->free == my_event_free);
-		ev->vmt->free(ev);
+		(*ev->vmt->free)(ev);
 	}
 }