diff --git a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
index 300733d63dc..2344d3bf07d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/mame/ui/menu.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ menu::~menu()
 	{
 		pool *const ppool = m_pool;
 		m_pool = m_pool->next;
-		global_free(ppool);
+		global_free_array(ppool);
 	}
 }