diff --git a/reactos/drivers/filesystems/fastfat/fcb.c b/reactos/drivers/filesystems/fastfat/fcb.c
index f8bbab551c1..4a103b06666 100644
--- a/reactos/drivers/filesystems/fastfat/fcb.c
+++ b/reactos/drivers/filesystems/fastfat/fcb.c
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ vfatDestroyFCB(
     ExFreePool(pFCB->PathNameBuffer);
     ExDeleteResourceLite(&pFCB->PagingIoResource);
     ExDeleteResourceLite(&pFCB->MainResource);
-    ExFreeToNPagedLookasideList(&VfatGlobalData->FcbLookasideList, pFCB);
     ASSERT(IsListEmpty(&pFCB->ParentListHead));
+    ExFreeToNPagedLookasideList(&VfatGlobalData->FcbLookasideList, pFCB);
 }
 
 BOOLEAN