diff --git a/pappl-retrofit/cups-backends.c b/pappl-retrofit/cups-backends.c
index b5d1643..bbb80f4 100644
--- a/pappl-retrofit/cups-backends.c
+++ b/pappl-retrofit/cups-backends.c
@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@ _prCUPSDevList(pappl_device_cb_t cb,
 		// Check whether we have a duplicate and if so, skip it
 		if (cupsArrayFind(devices, device))
 		{
-		  free(device);
 		  _prCUPSDevLog(&devlog_data, PAPPL_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG,
 				"Duplicate device from backend '%s' skipped: %s (URI: %s Device ID: %s)",
 				backends[i].name, info, device->device_uri,
 				device_id);
+		  free(device);
 		}
 		else
 		{