diff --git a/src/app-layer-dns-common.c b/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
index cadb9ed0b9..a391d4df7f 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-dns-common.c
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ static void DNSTransactionFree(DNSTransaction *tx) {
         SCFree(a);
     }
 
-    if (tx->decoder_events)
-        SCFree(tx->decoder_events);
+    AppLayerDecoderEventsFreeEvents(tx->decoder_events);
     SCFree(tx);
 }