diff --git a/apps/app_followme.c b/apps/app_followme.c
index 5e71cc33547ae849a7bbbf340dde4f4b375cbb6b..bdf4544fee861dc9eeb628914358e5112f3a525c 100644
--- a/apps/app_followme.c
+++ b/apps/app_followme.c
@@ -848,8 +848,8 @@ static void findmeexec(void *args)
 							outbound->cdr = ast_cdr_alloc();
 						}
 						if (outbound->cdr) {
-							ast_cdr_init(outbound->cdr, outbound);
 							char tmp[256];
+							ast_cdr_init(outbound->cdr, outbound);
 							snprintf(tmp, 256, "%s/%s", "Local", dialarg);
 							ast_cdr_setapp(outbound->cdr,"FollowMe",tmp);
 							ast_cdr_update(outbound);