diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 6cf865ab..b2f68805 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ int _alpm_add_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db, alpm_list_t **data)
 			if(data) {
 				*data = lp;
 			} else {
-				FREELIST(lp);
+				alpm_list_free_inner(lp, (alpm_list_fn_free)_alpm_conflict_free);
+				alpm_list_free(lp);
 			}
 			if(inner) {
 				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("conflicting packages were found in the target list\n"));