1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/linux-user/main.c b/linux-user/main.c
index 75c9785157..24d1eb73ad 100644
--- a/linux-user/main.c
+++ b/linux-user/main.c
@@ -386,11 +386,9 @@ static void handle_arg_version(const char *arg)
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
-static char *trace_file;
 static void handle_arg_trace(const char *arg)
 {
-    g_free(trace_file);
-    trace_file = trace_opt_parse(arg);
+    trace_opt_parse(arg);
 }
 
 #if defined(TARGET_XTENSA)
@@ -672,7 +670,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     if (!trace_init_backends()) {
         exit(1);
     }
-    trace_init_file(trace_file);
+    trace_init_file();
     if (qemu_plugin_load_list(&plugins)) {
         exit(1);
     }