Index: sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
===================================================================
--- sed-4.2.2.orig/sed/utils.c
+++ sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ ck_fclose(stream)
       if (!stream || stream == cur->fp)
 	{
 	  prev->link = cur->link;
+	  open_files = r.link;
 	  do_ck_fclose (cur->fp);
 	  free(cur->name);
 	  free(cur);
@@ -307,8 +308,6 @@ ck_fclose(stream)
 	prev = cur;
     }
 
-  open_files = r.link;
-
   /* Also care about stdout, because if it is redirected the
      last output operations might fail and it is important
      to signal this as an error (perhaps to make). */