diff --git a/src/unicode_builtin.c b/src/unicode_builtin.c
index e2ee0ab..6d398b7 100644
--- a/src/unicode_builtin.c
+++ b/src/unicode_builtin.c
@@ -372,13 +372,13 @@ static inline bool unicode_builtin_encoding_convert(
 			goto done;
 		}
 
+		out_len = out_start - out;
+
 		if ((new_out = realloc(out, out_size)) == NULL) {
 			ntlm_client_set_errmsg(ntlm, "out of memory");
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		out_len = out_start - out;
-
 		out = new_out;
 		out_start = new_out + out_len;
 		out_end = out + out_size;