diff --git a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
index e686020f643c..bded2521dd19 100644
--- a/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
+++ b/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ send_data(FILE *instr, FILE *outstr, size_t blksize, off_t filesize, int isreg)
 		    write(netfd, buf, cnt) == cnt)
 			byte_count += cnt;
 		transflag = 0;
-		(void)free(buf);
+		free(buf);
 		if (cnt != 0) {
 			if (cnt < 0)
 				goto file_err;