diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/tests/exception.c b/dlls/ntdll/tests/exception.c
index d6a610e37b8..c9e06eaef82 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/tests/exception.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/tests/exception.c
@@ -2020,5 +2020,5 @@ START_TEST(exception)
 
 #endif
 
-    VirtualFree(code_mem, 0, MEM_FREE);
+    VirtualFree(code_mem, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
 }