fixup the easy_perform errorbuffer clearing

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index 34c17c6b6..9b69946e0 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -743,13 +743,13 @@ static CURLcode easy_perform(struct Curl_easy *data, bool events)
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
   SIGPIPE_VARIABLE(pipe_st);
 
+  if(!data)
+    return CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
+
   if(data->set.errorbuffer)
     /* clear this as early as possible */
     data->set.errorbuffer[0] = 0;
 
-  if(!data)
-    return CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
-
   if(data->multi) {
     failf(data, "easy handle already used in multi handle");
     return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;