1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/epan/wslua/wslua_listener.c b/epan/wslua/wslua_listener.c
index 85caa7316c..9d87ee5bbe 100644
--- a/epan/wslua/wslua_listener.c
+++ b/epan/wslua/wslua_listener.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ WSLUA_CONSTRUCTOR Listener_new(lua_State* L) {
     const gchar* filter = luaL_optstring(L,WSLUA_OPTARG_Listener_new_FILTER,NULL);
     const gboolean all_fields = wslua_optbool(L, WSLUA_OPTARG_Listener_new_ALLFIELDS, FALSE);
     Listener tap;
-    GString* error;
+    gchar* error;
 
     tap = (Listener)g_malloc(sizeof(struct _wslua_tap));
 
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ WSLUA_CONSTRUCTOR Listener_new(lua_State* L) {
         g_free(tap->name);
         g_free(tap);
         /* WSLUA_ERROR(new_tap,"tap registration error"); */
-        lua_pushfstring(L,"Error while registering tap:\n%s",error->str);
-        g_string_free(error,TRUE);
+        lua_pushfstring(L,"Error while registering tap:\n%s",error);
+        wmem_free(NULL, error);
         luaL_error(L,lua_tostring(L,-1));
     }