diff --git a/src/net/tcp/http.c b/src/net/tcp/http.c
index 346f5a83..3ae7b1e9 100644
--- a/src/net/tcp/http.c
+++ b/src/net/tcp/http.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static void http_reap ( struct async *async ) {
 	struct http_request *http =
 		container_of ( async, struct http_request, async );
 
-	free_uri ( http->uri );
 	free ( http );
 }
 
@@ -385,8 +384,6 @@ static struct async_operations http_async_operations = {
  * @v buffer		Buffer into which to download file
  * @v parent		Parent asynchronous operation
  * @ret rc		Return status code
- *
- * If it returns success, this function takes ownership of the URI.
  */
 int http_get ( struct uri *uri, struct buffer *buffer, struct async *parent ) {
 	struct http_request *http;
diff --git a/src/usr/fetch.c b/src/usr/fetch.c
index 9e3c2de6..71304bb2 100644
--- a/src/usr/fetch.c
+++ b/src/usr/fetch.c
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ int fetch ( const char *uri_string, userptr_t *data, size_t *len ) {
 	async_init_orphan ( &async );
 	if ( ( rc = download ( uri, &buffer, &async ) ) != 0 )
 		goto err;
-	uri = NULL;
 	async_wait ( &async, &rc, 1 );
 	if ( rc != 0 )
 		goto err;
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ int fetch ( const char *uri_string, userptr_t *data, size_t *len ) {
 	/* Release temporary resources.  The ebuffer storage is now
 	 * owned by our caller, so we don't free it.
 	 */
-
+	free_uri ( uri );
 	return 0;
 
  err: