diff --git a/src/httpserver/qhttpserverhttp2protocolhandler.cpp b/src/httpserver/qhttpserverhttp2protocolhandler.cpp
index 4e6909b..12f0c68a 100644
--- a/src/httpserver/qhttpserverhttp2protocolhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver/qhttpserverhttp2protocolhandler.cpp
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ void QHttpServerHttp2ProtocolHandler::write(QHttpServerResponder::StatusCode sta
 void QHttpServerHttp2ProtocolHandler::write(QIODevice *data, const QHttpHeaders &headers,
                                   QHttpServerResponder::StatusCode status, quint32 streamId)
 {
+    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice, QScopedPointerDeleteLater> input(data);
+
     QHttp2Stream *stream = getStream(streamId);
     if (!stream)
         return;
 
-    std::unique_ptr<QIODevice, QScopedPointerDeleteLater> input(data);
-
     if (!input->isOpen()) {
         if (!input->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
             // TODO Add developer error handling