diff --git a/reactos/lib/iphlpapi/ipstats_reactos.c b/reactos/lib/iphlpapi/ipstats_reactos.c
index a7ce4d7e2ed..4322937fedb 100644
--- a/reactos/lib/iphlpapi/ipstats_reactos.c
+++ b/reactos/lib/iphlpapi/ipstats_reactos.c
@@ -466,14 +466,14 @@ RouteTable *getRouteTable(void)
 
         DPRINT( "%d routes in instance %d\n", snmpInfo.ipsi_numroutes, i );
 
+        tdiGetRoutesForIpEntity( tcpFile, &ent, &route_set, &numRoutes );
+
         if( !route_set ) {
             closeTcpFile( tcpFile );
             HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, out_route_table );
             return 0;
         }
 
-        tdiGetRoutesForIpEntity( tcpFile, &ent, &route_set, &numRoutes );
-
         DPRINT("Route set returned\n");
 #if 0
         HexDump( route_set,