Deleting the node at particular position (single linked list)

/* Deleting the node at particular position */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
struct node {
    int data;
    struct node* link;
};
void del_pos(struct node** head, int position)
{
    struct node* current = *head;
    struct node* previous = *head;
    if (*head == NULL)
        printf("List is already empty\n");
    else if (position == 1)
    {
        *head = current->link;
        free(current);
        current = NULL;
    }
    else
    {
        while (position != 1)
        {
            previous = current;
            current = current->link;
            position--;
        }
        previous->link = current->link;
        free(current);
        current = NULL;
    }
}
int main()
{
    struct node* head = NULL;
    head = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
    head->data = 45;
    head->link = NULL;
    struct node* current = NULL;
    current = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
    current->data = 90;
    current->link = NULL;
    head->link = current;
    struct node* third = NULL;
    third = malloc(sizeof(struct node));
    third->data = 98;
    third->link = NULL;
    head->link->link = third;
    printf("Before Deleting: ");
    printf("%d %d %d\n", head->data, current->data, third->data);
    struct node* ptr;
    int position = 2;
    del_pos(&head, position);
    ptr = head;
    printf("After deleting: ");
    while (ptr != NULL)
    {
        printf("%d ", ptr->data);
        ptr = ptr->link;
    }
    return 0;
}


/*
Output:
Before Deleting : 45 90 98
After deleting : 45 98
*/