diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManager.cc b/src/rm/RequestManager.cc
index 51841d47c5..fd992ec126 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManager.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManager.cc
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ extern "C" void * rm_do_connection(void *arg)
 
     close(rc->conn_fd);
 
-    pthread_exit(0);
-
     delete rc;
 
+    pthread_exit(0);
+
     return 0;
 };