diff --git a/js/src/nanojit/avmplus.h b/js/src/nanojit/avmplus.h
index 3147a3d8c87..3d1091a5c64 100644
--- a/js/src/nanojit/avmplus.h
+++ b/js/src/nanojit/avmplus.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ namespace avmplus
         inline void destroy()
         {
             if (data)
-                delete data;
+                free(data);
         }
         
         // 'this' steals the guts of 'that' and 'that' gets reset.