Index: generic/nsf.c
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diff -u -rdb9cc86bb6df8dadf59f951a504c908fb8d14ef0 -r4182e5c48847acdfdb384d0ab998f453e1434c69
--- generic/nsf.c	(.../nsf.c)	(revision db9cc86bb6df8dadf59f951a504c908fb8d14ef0)
+++ generic/nsf.c	(.../nsf.c)	(revision 4182e5c48847acdfdb384d0ab998f453e1434c69)
@@ -16124,9 +16124,9 @@
     const char *varNamePrefix,	/* shows up as varname in error message */
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* The object to convert. */
 {
-  NsfParamWrapper *paramWrapperPtr = NEW(NsfParamWrapper);
   Tcl_Obj *fullParamObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(varNamePrefix, -1);
   int result, possibleUnknowns = 0, plainParams = 0, nrNonposArgs = 0;
+  NsfParamWrapper *paramWrapperPtr = NEW(NsfParamWrapper);
 
   paramWrapperPtr->paramPtr = ParamsNew(1);
   paramWrapperPtr->refCount = 1;