diff --git a/MemoryModule.c b/MemoryModule.c
index 682b95d..2efb4f3 100644
--- a/MemoryModule.c
+++ b/MemoryModule.c
@@ -498,8 +498,8 @@ HMEMORYMODULE MemoryLoadLibraryEx(const void *data,
 
     result = (PMEMORYMODULE)HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, sizeof(MEMORYMODULE));
     if (result == NULL) {
-        SetLastError(ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY);
         VirtualFree(code, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
+        SetLastError(ERROR_OUTOFMEMORY);
         return NULL;
     }