diff --git a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90 b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
index b72f53a54bd..fdfd83cbb25 100644
--- a/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
+++ b/src/Solution/PETSc/PetscSolver.F90
@@ -422,8 +422,6 @@ subroutine petsc_destroy(this)
     call this%petsc_ctx%destroy()
     deallocate (this%petsc_ctx)
 
-    call VecDestroy(this%pc_context%diag, ierr)
-    CHKERRQ(ierr)
     deallocate (this%pc_context)
 
   end subroutine petsc_destroy