diff --git a/src/isds.c b/src/isds.c
index 8bf1835..b02203b 100644
--- a/src/isds.c
+++ b/src/isds.c
@@ -6097,8 +6097,8 @@ static isds_error build_send_check_dbdummy_request(struct isds_ctx *context,
     }
 
 leave:
-    free(service_name_locale);
     xmlFreeNode(request);
+    free(service_name_locale);
     return err;
 }
 #endif