diff --git a/cli-authpubkey.c b/cli-authpubkey.c
index 4798f62..c16ef90 100644
--- a/cli-authpubkey.c
+++ b/cli-authpubkey.c
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ void recv_msg_userauth_pk_ok() {
 		TRACE(("That was whacky. We got told that a key was valid, but it didn't match our list. Sounds like dodgy code on Dropbear's part"))
 	}
 	
-	buf_free(keybuf);
-
 	TRACE(("leave recv_msg_userauth_pk_ok"))
 }