diff --git a/src/useradd.c b/src/useradd.c
index f90127cd..0d3f390d 100644
--- a/src/useradd.c
+++ b/src/useradd.c
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ static void get_defaults (void)
 			} else {
 				def_group = grp->gr_gid;
 				def_gname = xstrdup (grp->gr_name);
-				gr_free(grp);
 			}
 		}