diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c b/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
index 34a9ce9711..0b14436709 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-manager.c
@@ -789,8 +789,6 @@ Manager *manager_free(Manager *m) {
         sd_event_source_unref(m->sigusr2_event_source);
         sd_event_source_unref(m->sigrtmin1_event_source);
 
-        sd_event_unref(m->event);
-
         dns_resource_key_unref(m->llmnr_host_ipv4_key);
         dns_resource_key_unref(m->llmnr_host_ipv6_key);
         dns_resource_key_unref(m->mdns_host_ipv4_key);
@@ -799,6 +797,8 @@ Manager *manager_free(Manager *m) {
         sd_event_source_unref(m->hostname_event_source);
         safe_close(m->hostname_fd);
 
+        sd_event_unref(m->event);
+
         free(m->full_hostname);
         free(m->llmnr_hostname);
         free(m->mdns_hostname);