diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c
index 4284954e00cd6d8c50ad23073c739b2064b2213e..eca919ad0ea8c6fca9aa67b864f096d56b644ce1 100644
--- a/src/libvirt.c
+++ b/src/libvirt.c
@@ -15225,12 +15225,13 @@ virDomainMigrateGetMaxSpeed(virDomainPtr domain,
         return -1;
     }
 
+    conn = domain->conn;
+
     if (!bandwidth) {
         virLibDomainError(VIR_ERR_INVALID_ARG, __FUNCTION__);
         goto error;
     }
 
-    conn = domain->conn;
     if (conn->flags & VIR_CONNECT_RO) {
         virLibDomainError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, __FUNCTION__);
         goto error;