diff --git a/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c b/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
index c3517ea8e08..a2b2d0fde8b 100644
--- a/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
+++ b/ext/opcache/ZendAccelerator.c
@@ -2977,9 +2977,7 @@ static void accel_globals_ctor(zend_accel_globals *accel_globals)
 
 static void accel_globals_dtor(zend_accel_globals *accel_globals)
 {
-#ifdef ZTS
 	zend_string_free(accel_globals->key);
-#endif
 	if (accel_globals->preloaded_internal_run_time_cache) {
 		pefree(accel_globals->preloaded_internal_run_time_cache, 1);
 	}