diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 48357d4..fe6dee1 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 eval_clear(void)
 {
     evalvars_clear();
-
-    free_scriptnames();
+    free_scriptnames();  // must come after evalvars_clear().
     free_locales();
 
     // autoloaded script names