diff --git a/src/xmlpublic/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlError.java b/src/xmlpublic/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlError.java
index c25ec0c..246e105 100644
--- a/src/xmlpublic/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlError.java
+++ b/src/xmlpublic/org/apache/xmlbeans/XmlError.java
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@
 
         XmlCursor cur = xobj.newCursor();
         XmlError result = forCursor(message, severity, cur);
-        if (cur != null)
-            cur.dispose();
         return result;
     }
 
@@ -474,4 +472,4 @@
 
         return i;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}