diff --git a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
index 66ca91eace..85380151f3 100644
--- a/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
+++ b/source/libs/stream/src/streamMeta.c
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ int32_t streamMetaReopen(SStreamMeta* pMeta, int64_t chkpId) {
       return -1;
     }
   }
-  taosMemoryFree(defaultPath);
-  taosMemoryFree(newPath);
 
   pMeta->streamBackend = streamBackendInit(pMeta->path, pMeta->chkpId);
   while (pMeta->streamBackend == NULL) {