diff --git a/src/drivers/ipmi/ipmi_fru.c b/src/drivers/ipmi/ipmi_fru.c
index 8be53f8e0a..43ee6b3a35 100644
--- a/src/drivers/ipmi/ipmi_fru.c
+++ b/src/drivers/ipmi/ipmi_fru.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void read_fru_product_info_area(const int port, const uint8_t id,
 				goto out;
 			}
 		if (!data2str((const uint8_t *)data_ptr, info->asset_tag, length))
-			free(info->serial_number);
+			free(info->asset_tag);
 	}
 
 out: