diff --git a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
index 754b9323..4d3dcbe5 100644
--- a/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
+++ b/src/libotutil/ot-variant-builder.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void
 ot_variant_builder_info_free (OtVariantBuilderInfo *info)
 {
   if (info->parent)
-    ot_variant_builder_info_free (info);
+    ot_variant_builder_info_free (info->parent);
 
   g_variant_type_free (info->type);
   g_array_unref (info->child_ends);