diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ade40bd8d48..6cc163b3dee 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-02-23  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
+
+	* varobj-iter.h (varobj_iter_delete): Call xfree instead of
+	delete.
+
 2017-02-23  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
 
 	* varobj.c (varobj_clear_saved_item): Use delete instead of
diff --git a/gdb/varobj-iter.h b/gdb/varobj-iter.h
index 34182e050ab..7eed4f18454 100644
--- a/gdb/varobj-iter.h
+++ b/gdb/varobj-iter.h
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ struct varobj_iter_ops
       if ((ITER) != NULL)		       \
 	{				       \
 	  (ITER)->ops->dtor (ITER);	       \
-	  delete (ITER);		       \
+	  xfree (ITER);		       \
 	}				       \
     } while (0)