diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1557.c b/tests/libtest/lib1557.c
index bd0f20a85..d7132ad04 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1557.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1557.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2018, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ int test(char *URL)
   multi_perform(curlm, &running_handles);
 
   multi_remove_handle(curlm, curl2);
-  curl_easy_cleanup(curl2);
 
   /* If curl2 is still in the connect-pending list, this will crash */
   multi_remove_handle(curlm, curl1);
-  curl_easy_cleanup(curl1);
 
 test_cleanup:
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl1);
+  curl_easy_cleanup(curl2);
   curl_multi_cleanup(curlm);
   curl_global_cleanup();
   return res;