1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/id-clash.cpp b/src/id-clash.cpp
index c284843b8..162cb9e89 100644
--- a/src/id-clash.cpp
+++ b/src/id-clash.cpp
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ void rename_id(SPObject *elem, Glib::ustring const &new_name)
     gchar *id = g_strdup(new_name.c_str()); //id is not empty here as new_name is check to be not empty
     g_strcanon (id, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.:", '_');
     Glib::ustring new_name2 = id; //will not fail as id can not be NULL, see length check on new_name
-    g_free (id);
     if (!isalnum (new_name2[0])) {
         g_message("Invalid Id, will not change.");
+        g_free (id);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void rename_id(SPObject *elem, Glib::ustring const &new_name)
                 break;
         }
     }
-
+    g_free (id);
     // Change to the new ID
     elem->getRepr()->setAttribute("id", new_name2);
     // Make a note of this change, if we need to fix up refs to it