diff --git a/libpkgconf/cache.c b/libpkgconf/cache.c
index 03ee0e4..673ac48 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/cache.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/cache.c
@@ -186,11 +186,15 @@ pkgconf_cache_remove(pkgconf_client_t *client, pkgconf_pkg_t *pkg)
 	}
 
 	client->cache_count--;
-	if (client->cache_count == 0)
+	if (client->cache_count == 0) {
+		free(client->cache_table);
 		client->cache_table = NULL;
+	}
 	else
+	{
 		client->cache_table = pkgconf_reallocarray(client->cache_table,
 			client->cache_count, sizeof(void *));
+	}
 }
 
 /*