diff --git a/src/runtime.c b/src/runtime.c
index 078c8821..ed1eaf53 100644
--- a/src/runtime.c
+++ b/src/runtime.c
@@ -1006,17 +1006,14 @@ hs_error_t HS_CDECL hs_close_stream(hs_stream_t *id, hs_scratch_t *scratch,
 
     if (onEvent) {
         if (!scratch || !validScratch(id->rose, scratch)) {
-            hs_stream_free(id);
             return HS_INVALID;
         }
         if (unlikely(markScratchInUse(scratch))) {
-            hs_stream_free(id);
             return HS_SCRATCH_IN_USE;
         }
         report_eod_matches(id, scratch, onEvent, context);
         if (unlikely(internal_matching_error(scratch))) {
             unmarkScratchInUse(scratch);
-            hs_stream_free(id);
             return HS_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
         }
         unmarkScratchInUse(scratch);