diff --git a/cdr/cdr_odbc.c b/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
index 474ce4968f..7a50bf21d0 100644
--- a/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
+++ b/cdr/cdr_odbc.c
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ static int odbc_load_module(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 	if (option_verbose > 2) {
 		ast_verbose( VERBOSE_PREFIX_3 "cdr_odbc: dsn is %s\n",dsn);
 		if (username)
@@ -366,6 +365,8 @@ static int odbc_load_module(void)
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "cdr_odbc: Unable to register ODBC CDR handling\n");
 	}
 out:
+	if (cfg)
+		ast_config_destroy(cfg);
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&odbc_lock);
 	return res;
 }