diff --git a/ssl/ssl_sess.c b/ssl/ssl_sess.c
index 525edb3289b7d8c7392e12f9192f61f4d33f549c..07237653668054f828682d0cccc7bc6eb72cd885 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_sess.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_sess.c
@@ -769,11 +769,11 @@ static int remove_session_lock(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_SESSION *c, int lck)
         if (lck)
             CRYPTO_THREAD_unlock(ctx->lock);
 
-        if (ret)
-            SSL_SESSION_free(r);
-
         if (ctx->remove_session_cb != NULL)
             ctx->remove_session_cb(ctx, c);
+
+        if (ret)
+            SSL_SESSION_free(r);
     } else
         ret = 0;
     return ret;