diff --git a/src/grouplistdialog.c b/src/grouplistdialog.c
index ef8ae22f8..355ad408d 100644
--- a/src/grouplistdialog.c
+++ b/src/grouplistdialog.c
@@ -602,8 +602,8 @@ static gboolean button_press_cb(GtkCMCTree *ctree, GdkEventButton *button,
 	list = g_slist_find_custom(subscribed, ginfo->name,
 				   (GCompareFunc)g_ascii_strcasecmp);
 	if (list) {
-		subscribed = g_slist_remove(subscribed, list->data);
 		g_free(list->data);
+		subscribed = g_slist_remove(subscribed, list->data);
 		gtk_cmclist_unselect_row(GTK_CMCLIST(ctree), row, 0);
 	} else {
 		subscribed = g_slist_append(subscribed, g_strdup(ginfo->name));