diff --git a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_signal.c b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_signal.c
index 60d3233f2a..9fd9a7d8b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/ecore/ecore_signal.c
+++ b/src/lib/ecore/ecore_signal.c
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ _ecore_signal_pipe_init(void)
 static void
 _ecore_signal_pipe_shutdown(void)
 {
+   if (sig_pipe_handler)
+     {
+        efl_del(sig_pipe_handler);
+        sig_pipe_handler = NULL;
+     }
    if (sig_pipe[0] != -1)
      {
         close(sig_pipe[0]);
@@ -254,11 +259,6 @@ _ecore_signal_pipe_shutdown(void)
         sig_pipe[0] = -1;
         sig_pipe[1] = -1;
      }
-   if (sig_pipe_handler)
-     {
-        efl_del(sig_pipe_handler);
-        sig_pipe_handler = NULL;
-     }
    eina_spinlock_free(&sig_pid_lock);
 }