diff --git a/src/conf/storage_conf.c b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
index 7857a5ee63..df536d4c62 100644
--- a/src/conf/storage_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/storage_conf.c
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ virStoragePoolLoadState(virStoragePoolObjListPtr pools,
 
  cleanup:
     VIR_FREE(stateFile);
-    xmlFree(xml);
+    xmlFreeDoc(xml);
     xmlXPathFreeContext(ctxt);
     return pool;