diff --git a/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c b/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
index 3d55fef6e..645a89abf 100644
--- a/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
+++ b/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
@@ -1564,12 +1564,12 @@ _cairo_truetype_read_font_name (cairo_scaled_font_t  	 *scaled_font,
 	    goto fail;
     }
 
-    free (name);
-
     status = _cairo_escape_ps_name (&ps_name);
     if (unlikely(status))
 	goto fail;
 
+    free (name);
+
     *ps_name_out = ps_name;
     *font_name_out = family_name;