diff --git a/dlls/user32/edit.c b/dlls/user32/edit.c
index 278aa384a93..f5d4e65f775 100644
--- a/dlls/user32/edit.c
+++ b/dlls/user32/edit.c
@@ -4593,6 +4593,7 @@ static LRESULT EDIT_WM_NCDestroy(EDITSTATE *es)
 	if (es->hloc32A) {
 		LocalFree(es->hloc32A);
 	}
+	EDIT_InvalidateUniscribeData(es);
 	pc = es->first_line_def;
 	while (pc)
 	{
@@ -4601,7 +4602,6 @@ static LRESULT EDIT_WM_NCDestroy(EDITSTATE *es)
 		pc = pp;
 	}
 
-	EDIT_InvalidateUniscribeData(es);
 	SetWindowLongPtrW( es->hwndSelf, 0, 0 );
 	HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, es->undo_text);
 	HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, es);