diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c
index 7a74daf2e8..a7f3e7f6ce 100644
--- a/line-log.c
+++ b/line-log.c
@@ -1089,10 +1089,8 @@ static struct diff_filepair *diff_filepair_dup(struct diff_filepair *pair)
 
 static void free_diffqueues(int n, struct diff_queue_struct *dq)
 {
-	int i, j;
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-		for (j = 0; j < dq[i].nr; j++)
-			diff_free_filepair(dq[i].queue[j]);
+	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		diff_free_queue(&dq[i]);
 	free(dq);
 }