diff --git a/sapi/cli/php_cli.c b/sapi/cli/php_cli.c
index e330a2ff2af..0b4a3255f7d 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/php_cli.c
+++ b/sapi/cli/php_cli.c
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 	cli_sapi_module.ini_defaults = sapi_cli_ini_defaults;
+	cli_sapi_module.php_ini_path_override = NULL;
 	cli_sapi_module.phpinfo_as_text = 1;
 	sapi_startup(&cli_sapi_module);
 
@@ -1248,12 +1249,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (cli_sapi_module.php_ini_path_override) {
-			free(cli_sapi_module.php_ini_path_override);
-		}
-		if (cli_sapi_module.ini_entries) {
-			free(cli_sapi_module.ini_entries);
-		}
 	} zend_end_try();
 
 out:
@@ -1264,6 +1259,13 @@ out:
 		exit_status = EG(exit_status);
 	}
 out_err:	
+	if (cli_sapi_module.php_ini_path_override) {
+		free(cli_sapi_module.php_ini_path_override);
+	}
+	if (cli_sapi_module.ini_entries) {
+		free(cli_sapi_module.ini_entries);
+	}
+
 	if (module_started) {
 		php_module_shutdown(TSRMLS_C);
 	}