diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 9929948..5febd04 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -2482,6 +2482,11 @@
 		free_proxy(p0);
 	}/* end while(p) */
 
+
+	/* we don't need to free sink_proxies_list proxies since it is
+	 * already handled in sink_deinit()
+	 */
+
 	while (ua) {
 		struct stat_scope *scope, *scopep;