diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 48329e135..b98b724ac 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ static void destroy_regexes()
 	/* destroy all the elments in the array */
 	while (--nregexes >= 0) {
 		regfree(&regexes[nregexes]);
-		free(&regexes[nregexes]);
 	}
+	free(regexes);
 }
 #endif