diff --git a/src/UDPC_Deque.c b/src/UDPC_Deque.c
index 35a76a8..6dff813 100644
--- a/src/UDPC_Deque.c
+++ b/src/UDPC_Deque.c
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ UDPC_Deque* UDPC_Deque_init(uint32_t alloc_size)
     }
 }
 
-void UDPC_Deque_destroy(UDPC_Deque **deque)
+void UDPC_Deque_destroy(UDPC_Deque *deque)
 {
-    free((*deque)->buf);
-    free(*deque);
-    *deque = NULL;
+    free(deque->buf);
+    free(deque);
 }
 
 int UDPC_Deque_realloc(UDPC_Deque *deque, uint32_t new_size)
diff --git a/src/UDPC_Deque.h b/src/UDPC_Deque.h
index 6c8a6ca..14929f1 100644
--- a/src/UDPC_Deque.h
+++ b/src/UDPC_Deque.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ UDPC_Deque* UDPC_Deque_init(uint32_t alloc_size);
 /*!
  * Frees resources used by a UDPC_Deque
  */
-void UDPC_Deque_destroy(UDPC_Deque **deque);
+void UDPC_Deque_destroy(UDPC_Deque *deque);
 
 /*!
  * Fails if new_size is smaller than current size of Deque.
diff --git a/src/test/UDPC_UnitTest.c b/src/test/UDPC_UnitTest.c
index 22be834..2090dc6 100644
--- a/src/test/UDPC_UnitTest.c
+++ b/src/test/UDPC_UnitTest.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int main()
         deque->alloc_size, deque->size, deque->head, deque->tail);
     */
 
-    UDPC_Deque_destroy(&deque);
+    UDPC_Deque_destroy(deque);
     UNITTEST_REPORT()
     return 0;
 }