diff --git a/libs/libc/tls/tls_destruct.c b/libs/libc/tls/tls_destruct.c
index 37a6f450ad0..10c56c21aed 100644
--- a/libs/libc/tls/tls_destruct.c
+++ b/libs/libc/tls/tls_destruct.c
@@ -68,13 +68,14 @@ void tls_destruct(void)
       if (tlsset & mask)
         {
           tls_elem_ptr = (FAR void *)tls->tl_elem[candidate];
-          tls->tl_elem[candidate] = 0;
           destructor = info->ta_tlsdtor[candidate];
           if (tls_elem_ptr && destructor)
             {
               destructor(tls_elem_ptr);
             }
         }
+
+      tls->tl_elem[candidate] = 0;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/sched/task/task_tls_alloc.c b/sched/task/task_tls_alloc.c
index 16763544fc4..a26fdecdc03 100644
--- a/sched/task/task_tls_alloc.c
+++ b/sched/task/task_tls_alloc.c
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ void task_tls_destruct(void)
       if ((g_tlsset & mask) != 0)
         {
           elem = info->ta_telem[candidate];
-          info->ta_telem[candidate] = 0;
           dtor = g_tlsdtor[candidate];
           if (dtor != NULL && elem != 0)
             {
               dtor((void *)elem);
             }
+
+         info->ta_telem[candidate] = 0;
         }
     }
 }