lo->disk->disk_name, result);
                goto harderror;
        }
+
+       if (ntohl(reply.magic) != NBD_REPLY_MAGIC) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
+                               lo->disk->disk_name,
+                               (unsigned long)ntohl(reply.magic));
+               result = -EPROTO;
+               goto harderror;
+       }
+
        req = nbd_find_request(lo, reply.handle);
        if (unlikely(IS_ERR(req))) {
                result = PTR_ERR(req);
                goto harderror;
        }
 
-       if (ntohl(reply.magic) != NBD_REPLY_MAGIC) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Wrong magic (0x%lx)\n",
-                               lo->disk->disk_name,
-                               (unsigned long)ntohl(reply.magic));
-               result = -EPROTO;
-               goto harderror;
-       }
        if (ntohl(reply.error)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Other side returned error (%d)\n",
                                lo->disk->disk_name, ntohl(reply.error));