diff --git a/src/Module.zig b/src/Module.zig
index 7fa91486d3f2033d253c51d9ebe4a1d94f8986fa..b8e586777542c9389d2f8ae217f0c2e57972ce6c 100644
--- a/src/Module.zig
+++ b/src/Module.zig
@@ -2622,7 +2622,6 @@ pub fn astGenFile(mod: *Module, file: *File) !void {
                 zir.extra.len * 4;
             if (amt_read != amt_expected) {
                 log.warn("unexpected EOF reading cached ZIR for {s}", .{file.sub_file_path});
-                zir.deinit(gpa);
                 break :cached;
             }
             if (data_has_safety_tag) {