diff --git a/mesh/mesh-config-json.c b/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
index 6567d76..d3f423e 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
+++ b/mesh/mesh-config-json.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ bool mesh_config_load_nodes(const char *cfgdir_name, mesh_config_node_func_t cb,
 	return true;
 }
 
-void mesh_config_destroy(struct mesh_config *cfg)
+void mesh_config_destroy_nvm(struct mesh_config *cfg)
 {
 	char *node_dir, *node_name;
 	char uuid[33];
@@ -2330,7 +2330,4 @@ void mesh_config_destroy(struct mesh_config *cfg)
 		return;
 
 	del_path(node_dir);
-
-	/* Release node config object */
-	mesh_config_release(cfg);
 }
diff --git a/mesh/mesh-config.h b/mesh/mesh-config.h
index 25002f5..8ff7b63 100644
--- a/mesh/mesh-config.h
+++ b/mesh/mesh-config.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ typedef bool (*mesh_config_node_func_t)(struct mesh_config_node *node,
 bool mesh_config_load_nodes(const char *cfgdir_name, mesh_config_node_func_t cb,
 							void *user_data);
 void mesh_config_release(struct mesh_config *cfg);
-void mesh_config_destroy(struct mesh_config *cfg);
+void mesh_config_destroy_nvm(struct mesh_config *cfg);
 bool mesh_config_save(struct mesh_config *cfg, bool no_wait,
 				mesh_config_status_func_t cb, void *user_data);
 struct mesh_config *mesh_config_create(const char *cfgdir_name,
diff --git a/mesh/node.c b/mesh/node.c
index 2b4b3a5..d5e07ce 100644
--- a/mesh/node.c
+++ b/mesh/node.c
@@ -323,18 +323,16 @@ static void free_node_resources(void *data)
 	struct mesh_node *node = data;
 
 	/* Unregister io callbacks */
-	if (node->net)
-		mesh_net_detach(node->net);
+	mesh_net_detach(node->net);
 
-	l_queue_destroy(node->elements, element_free);
-	node->elements = NULL;
 
 	/* In case of a provisioner, stop active scanning */
 	if (node->provisioner)
 		manager_scan_cancel(node);
 
+	/* Free dynamic resources */
 	free_node_dbus_resources(node);
-
+	l_queue_destroy(node->elements, element_free);
 	mesh_config_release(node->cfg);
 	mesh_net_free(node->net);
 	l_free(node->storage_dir);
@@ -352,8 +350,7 @@ void node_remove(struct mesh_node *node)
 
 	l_queue_remove(nodes, node);
 
-	if (node->cfg)
-		mesh_config_destroy(node->cfg);
+	mesh_config_destroy_nvm(node->cfg);
 
 	free_node_resources(node);
 }
@@ -576,13 +573,10 @@ fail:
 static void cleanup_node(void *data)
 {
 	struct mesh_node *node = data;
-	struct mesh_net *net = node->net;
+	uint32_t seq_num = mesh_net_get_seq_num(node->net);
 
-	/* Preserve the last sequence number */
-	if (node->cfg)
-		mesh_config_write_seq_number(node->cfg,
-						mesh_net_get_seq_num(net),
-						false);
+	/* Preserve the last used sequence number */
+	mesh_config_write_seq_number(node->cfg, seq_num, false);
 
 	free_node_resources(node);
 }