1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
index bfcc94e16..dd39a844c 100644
--- a/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
+++ b/lib/vssh/libssh2.c
@@ -728,11 +728,10 @@ static CURLcode ssh_check_fingerprint(struct Curl_easy *data)
      */
     if((pub_pos != b64_pos) ||
        strncmp(fingerprint_b64, pubkey_sha256, pub_pos)) {
-      free(fingerprint_b64);
-
       failf(data,
             "Denied establishing ssh session: mismatch sha256 fingerprint. "
             "Remote %s is not equal to %s", fingerprint_b64, pubkey_sha256);
+      free(fingerprint_b64);
       state(data, SSH_SESSION_FREE);
       sshc->actualcode = CURLE_PEER_FAILED_VERIFICATION;
       return sshc->actualcode;