diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-seat.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-seat.c
index 7c86739f6..445f4c670 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-seat.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-seat.c
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ meta_wayland_seat_free (MetaWaylandSeat *seat)
   g_object_unref (seat->touch);
   meta_wayland_text_input_destroy (seat->text_input);
 
-  g_slice_free (MetaWaylandSeat, seat);
+  g_free (seat);
 }
 
 static gboolean