diff --git a/Source/i_sound.c b/Source/i_sound.c
index c3db13e0..a7958a8f 100644
--- a/Source/i_sound.c
+++ b/Source/i_sound.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static void stopchan(int handle)
       // [FG] immediately free samples not connected to a sound SFX
       if (channelinfo[handle].id == NULL)
       {
-         Z_ChangeTag(channelinfo[handle].data, PU_CACHE);
+         Z_Free(channelinfo[handle].data);
       }
       channelinfo[handle].data = NULL;