diff --git a/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c b/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
index 5cb1a0e..c8b0669 100644
--- a/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
+++ b/c-programming/reverse-ramdisk.c
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ int tf_free(int ID) {
 	for (int i = index; i < num_temp_files - 1; i++)
 		temp_files[(size_t) i] = temp_files[(size_t) i + 1];
 
-	num_temp_files--;
-
 	// Reallocate memory for the temp_files array
-	temp_files = realloc(temp_files, num_temp_files * sizeof(TempFile));
-	if (temp_files == NULL) {
-		line_fail(-2);
-		return -1;
+	if (--num_temp_files > 0) {
+		if ((temp_files = realloc(temp_files, num_temp_files
+			* sizeof(TempFile))) == NULL) {
+			line_fail(-2);
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	temp_files[index].locked = false;