diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c b/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
index 1d646e25768..06d8bb1cb35 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/cdata.c
@@ -601,10 +601,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI domcdata_appendData(
         if(xmlTextConcat(pDOMNode->node, pContent, SysStringLen(p) ) == 0)
             hr = S_OK;
         else
-        {
             hr = E_FAIL;
-            xmlFree(pContent);
-        }
     }
     else
         hr = E_FAIL;