diff --git a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/project/mesonprojectparser.cpp b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/project/mesonprojectparser.cpp
index 6161659a654..9a8443f4bba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/project/mesonprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mesonprojectmanager/project/mesonprojectparser.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ void MesonProjectParser::update(const QFuture<MesonProjectParser::ParserData *>
     }
     addMissingTargets(m_targetsNames);
     m_targetsNames.sort();
-    delete data;
+    delete parserData;
     emit parsingCompleted(true);
 }