diff --git a/src/switch_xml.cpp b/src/switch_xml.cpp
index 228b29a174..3c35c87978 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.cpp
+++ b/src/switch_xml.cpp
@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_xml_free(switch_xml_t xml)
 	}
 
 	if (xml->free_path) {
-		if (!switch_stristr(".fsxml", xml->free_path)) {
+		if (!switch_stristr("freeswitch.xml.fsxml", xml->free_path)) {
 			unlink(xml->free_path);
 		}
 		switch_safe_free(xml->free_path);