diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 65ba23de2a..7dce23138e 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -2727,8 +2727,6 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(struct Curl_multi *multi)
     if(multi->in_callback)
       return CURLM_RECURSIVE_API_CALL;
 
-    multi->magic = 0; /* not good anymore */
-
     /* move the pending and msgsent entries back to process
        so that there is just one list to iterate over */
     unlink_all_msgsent_handles(multi);
@@ -2762,6 +2760,8 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(struct Curl_multi *multi)
 
     Curl_cpool_destroy(&multi->cpool);
 
+    multi->magic = 0; /* not good anymore */
+
     sockhash_destroy(&multi->sockhash);
     Curl_hash_destroy(&multi->proto_hash);
     Curl_hash_destroy(&multi->hostcache);