1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/emacs-module.c b/src/emacs-module.c
index 099a6a3cf25..a90a9765dbf 100644
--- a/src/emacs-module.c
+++ b/src/emacs-module.c
@@ -448,6 +448,14 @@ module_free_global_ref (emacs_env *env, emacs_value ref)
   Lisp_Object obj = value_to_lisp (ref);
   ptrdiff_t i = hash_lookup (h, obj, NULL);
 
+  if (module_assertions)
+    {
+      ptrdiff_t n = 0;
+      if (! module_global_reference_p (ref, &n))
+        module_abort ("Global value was not found in list of %"pD"d globals",
+                      n);
+    }
+
   if (i >= 0)
     {
       Lisp_Object value = HASH_VALUE (h, i);
@@ -456,11 +464,6 @@ module_free_global_ref (emacs_env *env, emacs_value ref)
       if (--ref->refcount == 0)
         hash_remove_from_table (h, obj);
     }
-  else if (module_assertions)
-    {
-      module_abort ("Global value was not found in list of %"pD"d globals",
-                    h->count);
-    }
 }
 
 static enum emacs_funcall_exit