diff --git a/Zend/zend_alloc.c b/Zend/zend_alloc.c
index 632e13aeeb9..9709528d8c6 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_alloc.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_alloc.c
@@ -456,10 +456,10 @@ ZEND_API void shutdown_memory_manager(int silent, int clean_cache)
 
 		for (i=1; i<MAX_CACHED_MEMORY; i++) {
 			for (j=0; j<AG(cache_count)[i]; j++) {
+				ptr = (zend_mem_header *) AG(cache)[i][j];
 #if MEMORY_LIMIT
 				AG(allocated_memory) -= REAL_SIZE(ptr->size);
 #endif
-				ptr = (zend_mem_header *) AG(cache)[i][j];
 				REMOVE_POINTER_FROM_LIST(ptr);
 				free(ptr);
 			}