diff -up evolution-data-server-2.21.3/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-search.c.maybe-fix-crash evolution-data-server-2.21.3/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-search.c
--- evolution-data-server-2.21.3/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-search.c.maybe-fix-crash	2007-11-29 07:53:34.000000000 -0500
+++ evolution-data-server-2.21.3/camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-search.c	2007-12-03 11:51:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ sync_match(CamelImapSearch *is, struct _
 		}
 		g_string_append_c (search, '"');
 	}
-	camel_search_words_free (words);
 
 	/* We only try search using utf8 if its non us-ascii text? */
 	if ((words->type & CAMEL_SEARCH_WORD_8BIT) &&  (store->capabilities & IMAP_CAPABILITY_utf8_search)) {
@@ -354,6 +353,8 @@ sync_match(CamelImapSearch *is, struct _
 		if (response == NULL)
 			store->capabilities &= ~IMAP_CAPABILITY_utf8_search;
 	}
+	camel_search_words_free (words);
+	
 	if (response == NULL)
 		response = camel_imap_command (store, folder, NULL,
 					       "UID SEARCH %s", search->str);