diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 53faee4..2c595fb 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -5064,8 +5064,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < STATS_DOMAIN_COUNT; ++i) {
 		const int domain = domains[i];
 
-		free(stat_l[domain]);
-		stat_l[domain] = NULL;
+		ha_free(&stat_l[domain]);
 	}
 }