diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualRouter.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualRouter.cc
index 435c037afa..e95ce711d1 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualRouter.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerVirtualRouter.cc
@@ -293,13 +293,10 @@ void VirtualRouterAttachNic::request_execute(
         {
             failure_response(ACTION, att);
 
-            delete nic;
             return;
         }
     }
 
-    delete nic;
-
     success_response(vrid, att);
 }