1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 244baff3da..1f41efc63f 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ static int unit_create_cgroups(Unit *u, CGroupControllerMask mask) {
                 is_in_hash = true;
 
         if (r < 0) {
-                free(path);
                 log_error("cgroup %s exists already: %s", path, strerror(-r));
+                free(path);
                 return r;
         }