diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 906af75bbc..ac61e65efb 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-03-06  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
+
+	* remote-sim.c (gdbsim_target_open): Use result of
+	gdb_argv::release.
+
 2019-03-06  Richard Bunt  <richard.bunt@arm.com>
 	Dirk Schubert  <dirk.schubert@arm.com>
 	Chris January  <chris.january@arm.com>
diff --git a/gdb/remote-sim.c b/gdb/remote-sim.c
index 2acfc715d3..bef04e6bf7 100644
--- a/gdb/remote-sim.c
+++ b/gdb/remote-sim.c
@@ -751,19 +751,18 @@ gdbsim_target_open (const char *args, int from_tty)
     }
 
   gdb_argv argv (arg_buf);
-  sim_argv = argv.get ();
+  sim_argv = argv.release ();
 
   init_callbacks ();
   gdbsim_desc = sim_open (SIM_OPEN_DEBUG, &gdb_callback, exec_bfd, sim_argv);
 
   if (gdbsim_desc == 0)
     {
+      freeargv (sim_argv);
       sim_argv = NULL;
       error (_("unable to create simulator instance"));
     }
 
-  argv.release ();
-
   /* Reset the pid numberings for this batch of sim instances.  */
   next_pid = INITIAL_PID;