diff --git a/src/modules/domain/hash.c b/src/modules/domain/hash.c
index 4cb968e4588..b085d8f9cb5 100644
--- a/src/modules/domain/hash.c
+++ b/src/modules/domain/hash.c
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ void hash_table_free(struct domain_list **hash_table)
 			shm_free(ap);
 			ap = next_ap;
 		}
+		next = np->next;
 		shm_free(np);
-		np = np->next;
+		np = next;
 	}
 
 	hash_table[DOM_HASH_SIZE] = NULL;