diff --git a/src/api/node_info.c b/src/api/node_info.c
index 86a840130d09862a42870113bc3c11d13a6e8be2..e93ab2972ff452bc26dd938c900f37fc7bed1692 100644
--- a/src/api/node_info.c
+++ b/src/api/node_info.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			printf ("skipping...\n");
 	}
 
-	//slurm_free_node_info ( node_info_msg_ptr ) ;
+	slurm_free_node_info ( node_info_msg_ptr ) ;
 	exit (0);
 }
 #endif