diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
index ac95c7ace7e..c6f29bc4918 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void apiClient_free(apiClient_t *apiClient) {
     }
     {{/isOAuth}}
     {{#isApiKey}}
-    if(apiClient->accessToken) {
+    if(apiClient->apiKeys) {
         list_free(apiClient->apiKeys);
     }
     {{/isApiKey}}