diff --git a/src/x11/xprops.c b/src/x11/xprops.c
index 0362ec180..35b37494a 100644
--- a/src/x11/xprops.c
+++ b/src/x11/xprops.c
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ text_property_to_utf8 (Display *xdisplay,
   ret = g_strdup (local_list[0]);
 
  out:
-  meta_XFree (local_list);
+  XFreeStringList (local_list);
   return ret;
 }