diff --git a/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c b/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
index 7db34cf..071398a 100644
--- a/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
+++ b/libFLAC/stream_decoder.c
@@ -1761,9 +1761,6 @@
 					}
 					memset (obj->comments[i].entry, 0, obj->comments[i].length) ;
 					if (!FLAC__bitreader_read_byte_block_aligned_no_crc(decoder->private_->input, obj->comments[i].entry, obj->comments[i].length)) {
-						/* Current i-th entry is bad, so we delete it. */
-						free (obj->comments[i].entry) ;
-						obj->comments[i].entry = NULL ;
 						obj->num_comments = i;
 						goto skip;
 					}