1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5PL.c b/src/H5PL.c
index 0957629..78ccd88 100644
--- a/src/H5PL.c
+++ b/src/H5PL.c
@@ -558,18 +558,16 @@ herr_t
 H5PLremove(unsigned int index)
 {
     herr_t ret_value = SUCCEED; /* Return value */
-    char        *dl_path = NULL;
     unsigned int plindex;
 
     FUNC_ENTER_API(FAIL)
     if(H5PL_num_paths_g == 0)
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_PLUGIN, H5E_NOSPACE, FAIL, "no directories in table")
-    if(NULL == (dl_path = H5PL_path_table_g[index]))
+    if(NULL == H5PL_path_table_g[index])
         HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_PLUGIN, H5E_CANTALLOC, FAIL, "no directory path at index")
+    H5PL_path_table_g[plindex] = (char *)H5MM_xfree(H5PL_path_table_g[plindex]);
     for(plindex = index; plindex < (unsigned int)H5PL_num_paths_g; plindex++)
         H5PL_path_table_g[plindex] = H5PL_path_table_g[plindex + 1];
-    if(H5PL_path_table_g[plindex])
-        dl_path = (char *)H5MM_xfree(dl_path);
     H5PL_num_paths_g--;
     H5PL_path_table_g[H5PL_num_paths_g] = NULL;