diff --git a/src/gausskernel/storage/smgr/segment/data_file.cpp b/src/gausskernel/storage/smgr/segment/data_file.cpp
index a64f31a4cb5e15e85da0cdb0d0f6b27e1809cd6d..3c853351f2186455d83050659b8df07e549aa7cf 100644
--- a/src/gausskernel/storage/smgr/segment/data_file.cpp
+++ b/src/gausskernel/storage/smgr/segment/data_file.cpp
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ bool df_ss_update_segfile_size(SegLogicFile *sf, BlockNumber target_block)
         char *filename = slice_filename(sf->filename, 0);
         int fd = dv_open_file(filename, flags, (int)SEGMENT_FILE_MODE);
         if (fd < 0) {
-            pfree(filename);
             ereport(LOG,
                 (errmodule(MOD_SEGMENT_PAGE), errmsg("File \"%s\" does not exist, stop read here.", filename)));
+            pfree(filename);
             return false;
         }