diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_spdy.c b/src/http/ngx_http_spdy.c
index 4f3ea1edc..b935b6fdd 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_spdy.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_spdy.c
@@ -1412,8 +1412,6 @@ ngx_http_spdy_state_data(ngx_http_spdy_connection_t *sc, u_char *pos,
 {
     ngx_http_spdy_stream_t  *stream;
 
-    stream = sc->stream;
-
     ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, sc->connection->log, 0,
                    "spdy DATA frame");
 
@@ -1441,6 +1439,8 @@ ngx_http_spdy_state_data(ngx_http_spdy_connection_t *sc, u_char *pos,
         sc->recv_window = NGX_SPDY_MAX_WINDOW;
     }
 
+    stream = sc->stream;
+
     if (stream == NULL) {
         return ngx_http_spdy_state_skip(sc, pos, end);
     }