diff --git a/ssl/ssl_conf.c b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
index d93f947eb144e1d94f88b3e92c3e08298391e283..5c320cbe792cf42bfdcb17827974ea3163d0a202 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_conf.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_conf.c
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ void SSL_CONF_CTX_free(SSL_CONF_CTX *cctx)
         for (i = 0; i < SSL_PKEY_NUM; i++)
             OPENSSL_free(cctx->cert_filename[i]);
         OPENSSL_free(cctx->prefix);
-        OPENSSL_free(cctx);
         sk_X509_NAME_pop_free(cctx->canames, X509_NAME_free);
+        OPENSSL_free(cctx);
     }
 }