}
                        }
                        if (found_orphan) {
-                               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
                                list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
+                               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
                        }
 
                        new_aeb = kmem_cache_alloc(ai->aeb_slab_cache,
        ret = UBI_BAD_FASTMAP;
 fail:
        list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &used, u.list) {
-               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
                list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
+               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
        }
        list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &eba_orphans, u.list) {
-               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
                list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
+               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
        }
        list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_aeb, _tmp_aeb, &free, u.list) {
-               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
                list_del(&tmp_aeb->u.list);
+               kmem_cache_free(ai->aeb_slab_cache, tmp_aeb);
        }
 
        return ret;