do the assert after the initializing

diff --git a/zone.c b/zone.c
index 8636706d201f5a69d7097b9276a72d919af53633..387b04915dbbff08e25971264e9c16c570167a9c 100644 (file)
--- a/zone.c
+++ b/zone.c
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ ldns_zone_new_frm_fp_l(FILE *fp, ldns_rdf *origin, uint16_t ttl, ldns_rr_class c
 void
 ldns_zone_sort_oct(ldns_zone *zone)
 {
-       assert(zone != NULL);
        ldns_rr_list *zrr;
+       assert(zone != NULL);
 
        zrr = ldns_zone_rrs(zone);
        ldns_rr_list_sort_oct(zrr);
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ ldns_zone_sort_oct(ldns_zone *zone)
 void
 ldns_zone_sort(ldns_zone *zone)
 {
-       assert(zone != NULL);
        ldns_rr_list *zrr;
+       assert(zone != NULL);
 
        zrr = ldns_zone_rrs(zone);
        ldns_rr_list_sort(zrr);