diff --git a/src/libecoPCR/ecoMalloc.c b/src/libecoPCR/ecoMalloc.c
index d44ce10..5796d7e 100644
--- a/src/libecoPCR/ecoMalloc.c
+++ b/src/libecoPCR/ecoMalloc.c
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ void   *eco_realloc(void *chunk,
 
 	if (!newchunk)
            {
+        fprintf(stderr,"Requested memory : %d\n",newsize);
 		ecoError(ECO_MEM_ERROR,error_message,filename,line);
-                fprintf(stderr,"Requested memory : %d\n",newsize);
            }
 	if (!chunk)
 		eco_chunk_malloc++;