diff --git a/lib/isc/symtab.c b/lib/isc/symtab.c
index 52726fef7b..b9d221d755 100644
--- a/lib/isc/symtab.c
+++ b/lib/isc/symtab.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: symtab.c,v 1.31 2011/11/30 04:27:17 each Exp $ */
+/* $Id: symtab.c,v 1.32 2011/11/30 06:06:33 marka Exp $ */
 
 /*! \file */
 
@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ grow_table(isc_symtab_t *symtab) {
 		elt_t *elt, *nelt;
 
 		for (elt = HEAD(symtab->table[i]); elt != NULL; elt = nelt) {
-			nelt = NEXT(elt, link);
 			unsigned int hv;
 
+			nelt = NEXT(elt, link);
+
 			UNLINK(symtab->table[i], elt, link);
 			hv = hash(elt->key, symtab->case_sensitive);
 			APPEND(newtable[hv % newsize], elt, link);