diff --git a/src/kernel/order.c b/src/kernel/order.c
index 245f6c6b5..00d2a838d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/order.c
+++ b/src/kernel/order.c
@@ -259,13 +259,12 @@ static void free_localedata(int lindex) {
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i != MAXKEYWORDS; ++i) {
         release_data(locale_array[lindex]->short_orders[i]);
-        locale_array[lindex]->short_orders[i] = 0;
     }
     for (i = 0; i != MAXSKILLS; ++i) {
         release_data(locale_array[lindex]->study_orders[i]);
-        locale_array[lindex]->study_orders[i] = 0;
     }
-    locale_array[lindex]->lang = 0;
+    free(locale_array[lindex]);
+    locale_array[lindex] = 0;
 }
 
 void close_orders(void) {