diff --git a/nuklear.h b/nuklear.h
index 9db85a4..e8bb7d5 100644
--- a/nuklear.h
+++ b/nuklear.h
@@ -18962,8 +18962,9 @@ nk_pool_init(struct nk_pool *pool, struct nk_allocator *alloc,
 NK_LIB void
 nk_pool_free(struct nk_pool *pool)
 {
-    struct nk_page *iter = pool->pages;
+    struct nk_page *iter;
     if (!pool) return;
+    iter = pool->pages;
     if (pool->type == NK_BUFFER_FIXED) return;
     while (iter) {
         struct nk_page *next = iter->next;
@@ -29094,6 +29095,7 @@ nk_tooltipfv(struct nk_context *ctx, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 ///    - [yy]: Minor version with non-breaking API and library changes
 ///    - [zz]: Bug fix version with no direct changes to API
 ///
+/// - 2020/04/06 (4.01.10) - Fix bug: Do not use pool before checking for NULL
 /// - 2020/03/22 (4.01.9) - Fix bug where layout state wasn't restored correctly after
 ///                        popping a tree.
 /// - 2020/03/11 (4.01.8) - Fix bug where padding is subtracted from widget
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d8e1f6..f8e9474 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nuklear",
-  "version": "4.01.9",
+  "version": "4.01.10",
   "repo": "Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear",
   "description": "A small ANSI C gui toolkit",
   "keywords": ["gl", "ui", "toolkit"],
diff --git a/src/CHANGELOG b/src/CHANGELOG
index eaf7518..0b26020 100644
--- a/src/CHANGELOG
+++ b/src/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ///    - [yy]: Minor version with non-breaking API and library changes
 ///    - [zz]: Bug fix version with no direct changes to API
 ///
+/// - 2020/04/06 (4.01.10) - Fix bug: Do not use pool before checking for NULL
 /// - 2020/03/22 (4.01.9) - Fix bug where layout state wasn't restored correctly after
 ///                        popping a tree.
 /// - 2020/03/11 (4.01.8) - Fix bug where padding is subtracted from widget
diff --git a/src/nuklear_pool.c b/src/nuklear_pool.c
index 7d20788..d8744a8 100644
--- a/src/nuklear_pool.c
+++ b/src/nuklear_pool.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ nk_pool_init(struct nk_pool *pool, struct nk_allocator *alloc,
 NK_LIB void
 nk_pool_free(struct nk_pool *pool)
 {
-    struct nk_page *iter = pool->pages;
+    struct nk_page *iter;
     if (!pool) return;
+    iter = pool->pages;
     if (pool->type == NK_BUFFER_FIXED) return;
     while (iter) {
         struct nk_page *next = iter->next;