From fdd5e7cea0bdb7d5cd51257645b74e9b4c1d0da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: greenchili2 <85094032+greenchili2@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:38:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug that was causing weirdness in Wii builds. (#15752)

Things like the info files not being read.  User defined directories not sticking ( likely not detected ) and all kinds of other goodness.
---
 libretro-common/vfs/vfs_implementation.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libretro-common/vfs/vfs_implementation.c b/libretro-common/vfs/vfs_implementation.c
index 24699ec1ac..3354f51bdd 100644
--- a/libretro-common/vfs/vfs_implementation.c
+++ b/libretro-common/vfs/vfs_implementation.c
@@ -923,11 +923,11 @@ int retro_vfs_stat_impl(const char *path, int32_t *size)
          if (path_buf[len - 1] == '/')
             path_buf[len - 1] = '\0';
 
-      free(path_buf);
-
       if (stat(path_buf, &stat_buf) < 0)
          return 0;
 
+      free(path_buf);
+      
       if (size)
          *size = (int32_t)stat_buf.st_size;