Index: trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 8413)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 8414)
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
  *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.124 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2006-08-16 03:28:13 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.125 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2006-08-18 00:21:59 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
 static void metadataItemFree(psMetadataItem* metadataItem)
 {
-    psDataType type;
-
-    type = metadataItem->type;
-
     if (metadataItem == NULL) {
         return;
     }
+    psDataType type;
+
+    type = metadataItem->type;
+
 
     psMemDecrRefCounter(metadataItem->name);