diff --git a/runtime/vm/createramclass.cpp b/runtime/vm/createramclass.cpp
index 3101a814640..698daa8dd32 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/createramclass.cpp
+++ b/runtime/vm/createramclass.cpp
@@ -2326,14 +2326,14 @@ trcModulesSettingPackage(J9VMThread *vmThread, J9Class *ramClass, J9ClassLoader
 	}
 	if ((NULL != classLoaderNameUTF) && (NULL != moduleNameUTF)) {
 		Trc_MODULE_setPackage(vmThread, J9UTF8_LENGTH(className), J9UTF8_DATA(className), classLoaderNameUTF, classLoader, moduleNameUTF, ramClass->module);
-		if (moduleNameBuf != moduleNameUTF) {
-			PORT_ACCESS_FROM_VMC(vmThread);
-			j9mem_free_memory(moduleNameUTF);
-		}
-		if (classLoaderNameBuf != classLoaderNameUTF) {
-			PORT_ACCESS_FROM_VMC(vmThread);
-			j9mem_free_memory(classLoaderNameUTF);
-		}
+	}
+	if (moduleNameBuf != moduleNameUTF) {
+		PORT_ACCESS_FROM_VMC(vmThread);
+		j9mem_free_memory(moduleNameUTF);
+	}
+	if (classLoaderNameBuf != classLoaderNameUTF) {
+		PORT_ACCESS_FROM_VMC(vmThread);
+		j9mem_free_memory(classLoaderNameUTF);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/vm/exceptiondescribe.c b/runtime/vm/exceptiondescribe.c
index 6701f663bf7..106d0f157f7 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/exceptiondescribe.c
+++ b/runtime/vm/exceptiondescribe.c
@@ -189,12 +189,6 @@ printStackTraceEntry(J9VMThread * vmThread, void * voidUserData, UDATA bytecodeO
 				moduleNameUTF, moduleVersionUTF,
 				sourceFileNameLen, sourceFileName,
 				lineNumber); /* line number will be ignored in if it's not used in the format string */
-			if (TRUE == freeModuleVersion) {
-				j9mem_free_memory(moduleVersionUTF);
-			}
-			if (TRUE == freeModuleName) {
-				j9mem_free_memory(moduleNameUTF);
-			}
 		} else {
 			if (0 != lineNumber) {
 				format = j9nls_lookup_message(
@@ -213,6 +207,12 @@ printStackTraceEntry(J9VMThread * vmThread, void * voidUserData, UDATA bytecodeO
 				sourceFileNameLen, sourceFileName,
 				lineNumber); /* line number will be ignored in if it's not used in the format string */
 		}
+		if (freeModuleVersion) {
+			j9mem_free_memory(moduleVersionUTF);
+		}
+		if (freeModuleName) {
+			j9mem_free_memory(moduleNameUTF);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return TRUE;