diff --git a/src/core/settings.c b/src/core/settings.c
index 33355ae2..562ca685 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.c
+++ b/src/core/settings.c
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ void settings_clean_invalid(void)
 
                 settings_clean_invalid_module(module);
 
-                g_free(module);
 		last_invalid_modules =
 			g_slist_remove(last_invalid_modules, module);
+                g_free(module);
 	}
 }