1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index ca2408f97..72a6f2b80 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
 
                 /* set up a list so we can keep track of what's been printed */
                 int linelen = strlen(line);
-                char *orig_line = line;
                 unsigned cl_pos = 0;
 
                 /* cut based on chars/bytes XXX: only works when sizeof(char) == byte */
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ static void cut_file(FILE *file, const char *delim, const char *odelim,
                 putchar('\n');
  next_line:
                 linenum++;
-                free(orig_line);
+                free(line);
         } /* while (got line) */
 #undef opt_REGEX
 }