diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_string.c b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_string.c
index cbfad2c5b..370a5fc6b 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_string.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_string.c
@@ -1248,8 +1248,8 @@ create_sconv_object(const char *fc, const char *tc,
 	}
 	sc->to_charset = strdup(tc);
 	if (sc->to_charset == NULL) {
-		free(sc);
 		free(sc->from_charset);
+		free(sc);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 	archive_string_init(&sc->utftmp);