diff --git a/src/os.c b/src/os.c
index 1171a1ab..1f560c0a 100644
--- a/src/os.c
+++ b/src/os.c
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ static void* mi_os_mem_alloc_aligned(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool commit,
 
   // if not aligned, free it, overallocate, and unmap around it
   if (((uintptr_t)p % alignment != 0)) {
-    mi_os_mem_free(p, size, commit, stats);
     _mi_warning_message("unable to allocate aligned OS memory directly, fall back to over-allocation (size: 0x%zx bytes, address: %p, alignment: 0x%zx, commit: %d)\n", size, p, alignment, commit);
+    mi_os_mem_free(p, size, commit, stats);
     if (size >= (SIZE_MAX - alignment)) return NULL; // overflow
     const size_t over_size = size + alignment;