diff --git a/src/filemanager/ext.c b/src/filemanager/ext.c
index 4b3ed1ff7..c5acd3630 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/ext.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/ext.c
@@ -679,10 +679,10 @@ regex_check_type (const vfs_path_t * filename_vpath, const char *ptr, int *have_
         }
 #endif /* HAVE_CHARSET */
 
-        mc_ungetlocalcopy (filename_vpath, localfile_vpath, FALSE);
-
         got_data = get_file_type_local (localfile_vpath, content_string, sizeof (content_string));
 
+        mc_ungetlocalcopy (filename_vpath, localfile_vpath, FALSE);
+
         if (got_data > 0)
         {
             char *pp;