diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
index 861644b27ee0c01a780b68daa43c259dd978a538..178f1ee311dd7db8ad6c2d10babde1a8c8fe7ebd 100644
--- a/http-fetch.c
+++ b/http-fetch.c
@@ -1269,10 +1269,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (pull(commit_id))
 		rc = 1;
 
-	curl_slist_free_all(no_pragma_header);
-
 	http_cleanup();
 
+	curl_slist_free_all(no_pragma_header);
+
 	if (corrupt_object_found) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 "Some loose object were found to be corrupt, but they might be just\n"