diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-list.c b/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
index d42008e48d6..d992d1879bf 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-list.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ void udev_list_cleanup(struct udev_list *list) {
                 return;
 
         if (list->unique) {
-                hashmap_clear_with_destructor(list->unique_entries, udev_list_entry_free);
                 list->uptodate = false;
+                hashmap_clear_with_destructor(list->unique_entries, udev_list_entry_free);
         } else
                 LIST_FOREACH_SAFE(entries, i, n, list->entries)
                         udev_list_entry_free(i);