diff --git a/Sources/Element.swift b/Sources/Element.swift
index da4d64e..2abafcb 100644
--- a/Sources/Element.swift
+++ b/Sources/Element.swift
@@ -223,6 +223,6 @@ extension XMLElement {
     
     private func unlinkAndFree(element: XMLElement) {
         xmlUnlinkNode(element.cNode)
-        xmlFree(element.cNode)
+        xmlFreeNode(element.cNode)
     }
 }