diff --git a/src/tracy.zig b/src/tracy.zig
index 23f8075314dfc92b6acd43ec43757ae03196a564..908092fb8cbb5a93cd39c9d7831adea9452fe727 100644
--- a/src/tracy.zig
+++ b/src/tracy.zig
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ pub fn TracyAllocator(comptime name: ?[:0]const u8) type {
                     freeNamed(buf.ptr, n);
                     allocNamed(buf.ptr, resized_len, n);
                 } else {
+                    free(buf.ptr);
                     alloc(buf.ptr, resized_len);
-                    free(buf.ptr);
                 }
 
                 return resized_len;