diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
index ff12ebdc3b..6ef8bf37e7 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_voicemail/mod_voicemail.c
@@ -5979,7 +5979,6 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(vm_fsdb_msg_email_function)
 
 	if (switch_xml_locate_user_merged("id", id, domain, NULL, &x_user, NULL) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 		stream->write_function(stream, "-ERR Can't locate user.\n");
-		switch_xml_free(x_user);
 		goto done;
 	}
 
@@ -6106,6 +6105,10 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(vm_fsdb_msg_email_function)
 done:
 	switch_core_destroy_memory_pool(&pool);
 
+	if (x_user) {
+		switch_xml_free(x_user);
+	}
+
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }