1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/dpkg.c b/dpkg.c
index 437b50d3b..a97a5a29f 100644
--- a/dpkg.c
+++ b/dpkg.c
@@ -1042,11 +1042,10 @@ char **create_list(const char *filename)
                         *last_char = '\0';
                 }
                 file_list[count] = xstrdup(line);
-                free(line);
                 count++;
-                length = 0;
         }
         fclose(list_stream);
+        free(line);
 
         if (count == 0) {
                 return(NULL);