diff --git a/drawinglayer/source/tools/emfphelperdata.cxx b/drawinglayer/source/tools/emfphelperdata.cxx
index fb4bad00b405..5587d0d02518 100644
--- a/drawinglayer/source/tools/emfphelperdata.cxx
+++ b/drawinglayer/source/tools/emfphelperdata.cxx
@@ -1568,8 +1568,6 @@ namespace emfplushelper
 
             rMS.ReadUInt16(type).ReadUInt16(flags).ReadUInt32(size).ReadUInt32(dataSize);
 
-            sal_uInt64 next = rMS.Tell() + (size - 12);
-
             if (size < 12)
             {
                 SAL_WARN("drawinglayer.emf", "Size field is less than 12 bytes");
@@ -1581,6 +1579,8 @@ namespace emfplushelper
                 break;
             }
 
+            sal_uInt64 next = rMS.Tell() + (size - 12);
+
             if (dataSize > (size - 12))
             {
                 SAL_WARN("drawinglayer.emf", "DataSize field is greater than Size-12");