diff --git a/src/blacklist.c b/src/blacklist.c
index ef8a1d1c..58dabfb4 100644
--- a/src/blacklist.c
+++ b/src/blacklist.c
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ void unref_blacklist(struct Blacklist *blptr)
 	{
 		RB_DLINK_FOREACH_SAFE(ptr, next_ptr, blptr->filters.head)
 		{
-			rb_free(ptr);
 			rb_dlinkDelete(ptr, &blptr->filters);
+			rb_free(ptr);
 		}
 
 		rb_dlinkFindDestroy(blptr, &blacklist_list);
diff --git a/src/newconf.c b/src/newconf.c
index 9dd9eff2..2ff8c1ef 100644
--- a/src/newconf.c
+++ b/src/newconf.c
@@ -1946,8 +1946,8 @@ cleanup_bl:
 	{
 		RB_DLINK_FOREACH_SAFE(ptr, nptr, yy_blacklist_filters.head)
 		{
-			rb_free(ptr);
 			rb_dlinkDelete(ptr, &yy_blacklist_filters);
+			rb_free(ptr);
 		}
 	}
 	else