diff --git a/client/TracyCallstack.cpp b/client/TracyCallstack.cpp
index e96c6421..f21e857b 100644
--- a/client/TracyCallstack.cpp
+++ b/client/TracyCallstack.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ CallstackEntry DecodeCallstackPtr( uint64_t ptr )
     else
     {
         symname = *sym;
-        free( sym );
     }
 
     const auto namelen = strlen( symname );
@@ -99,6 +98,8 @@ CallstackEntry DecodeCallstackPtr( uint64_t ptr )
     ret.file = unknown;
     ret.line = 0;
 
+    if( sym ) free( sym );
+
     return ret;
 }