diff --git a/prism/prism.c b/prism/prism.c
index 22ac19b5e4..f85a69332e 100644
--- a/prism/prism.c
+++ b/prism/prism.c
@@ -22524,9 +22524,10 @@ parse_program(pm_parser_t *parser) {
         statements = wrap_statements(parser, statements);
     } else {
         flush_block_exits(parser, previous_block_exits);
-        pm_node_list_free(&current_block_exits);
     }
 
+    pm_node_list_free(&current_block_exits);
+
     // If this is an empty file, then we're still going to parse all of the
     // statements in order to gather up all of the comments and such. Here we'll
     // correct the location information.