diff --git a/lib/gensio.c b/lib/gensio.c
index ad0923f5..83a5c4b0 100644
--- a/lib/gensio.c
+++ b/lib/gensio.c
@@ -1578,7 +1578,6 @@ str_to_gensio_accepter(const char *str,
 		       struct gensio_accepter **accepter)
 {
     int err = GE_INVAL;
-    const char **args = NULL;
     struct registered_gensio_accepter *r;
     size_t len;
     bool retried = false;
@@ -1591,6 +1590,8 @@ str_to_gensio_accepter(const char *str,
 	str++;
  retry:
     for (r = reg_gensio_accs; r; r = r->next) {
+	const char **args = NULL;
+
 	len = strlen(r->name);
 	if (strncmp(r->name, str, len) != 0 ||
 			(str[len] != ',' && str[len] != '(' && str[len]))
@@ -1612,9 +1613,6 @@ str_to_gensio_accepter(const char *str,
 	goto retry;
     }
 
-    if (args)
-	gensio_argv_free(o, args);
-
     return err;
 }