diff --git a/src/app-layer-htp.c b/src/app-layer-htp.c
index bc3ae35f48..045c3867bc 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-htp.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-htp.c
@@ -644,10 +644,10 @@ void HTPFreeConfig(void)
     SCFree(cfglist.cfg);
     while (nextrec != NULL) {
         HTPCfgRec *htprec = nextrec;
+        nextrec = nextrec->next;
 
         SCFree(htprec->cfg);
         SCFree(htprec);
-        nextrec = nextrec->next;
     }
     SCReturn;
 }