diff --git a/src/index/elastic.c b/src/index/elastic.c
index f0471fb..125b3e8 100644
--- a/src/index/elastic.c
+++ b/src/index/elastic.c
@@ -202,9 +202,8 @@ void delete_queue(int max) {
         Indexer->line_head = tmp->next;
         if (Indexer->line_head == NULL) {
             Indexer->line_tail = NULL;
-        } else {
-            free(tmp);
         }
+        free(tmp);
         Indexer->queued -= 1;
     }
 }