diff --git a/examples/bench/echoserver.py b/examples/bench/echoserver.py
index 4a982dfa..66c020da 100644
--- a/examples/bench/echoserver.py
+++ b/examples/bench/echoserver.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ def data_received(self, data):
 class EchoBufferedProtocol(asyncio.BufferedProtocol):
     def connection_made(self, transport):
         self.transport = transport
+        # Here the buffer is intended to be copied, so that the outgoing buffer
+        # won't be wrongly updated by next read
         self.buffer = bytearray(256 * 1024)
 
     def connection_lost(self, exc):
diff --git a/uvloop/sslproto.pyx b/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
index 21c8ea18..fb3daff6 100644
--- a/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
+++ b/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
             self._ssl_buffer, self._ssl_buffer_len, PyBUF_WRITE)
 
     def __dealloc__(self):
+        self._ssl_buffer_view = None
         PyMem_RawFree(self._ssl_buffer)
-        self._ssl_buffer_len = 0
         self._ssl_buffer = NULL
-        self._ssl_buffer_view = None
+        self._ssl_buffer_len = 0
 
     def __init__(self, loop, app_protocol, sslcontext, waiter,
                  server_side=False, server_hostname=None,