diff --git a/dlls/shlwapi/string.c b/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
index 1a4ad146439..b4b5b8af537 100644
--- a/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
+++ b/dlls/shlwapi/string.c
@@ -2821,7 +2821,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI SHLoadIndirectString(LPCWSTR src, LPWSTR dst, UINT dst_len, void
     TRACE("returning %s\n", debugstr_w(dst));
 end:
     if(hmod) FreeLibrary(hmod);
-    HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, dllname);
+    LocalFree(dllname);
     return hr;
 }