diff --git a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
index b0b47a9..7dc206b 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
+++ b/MySQLdb/_mysql.c
@@ -1540,9 +1540,9 @@ _mysql_ConnectionObject_store_result(
 	if (!kwarglist) goto error;
 	r = MyAlloc(_mysql_ResultObject, _mysql_ResultObject_Type);
 	if (!r) goto error;
-	result = (PyObject *) r;
 	if (_mysql_ResultObject_Initialize(r, arglist, kwarglist))
 		goto error;
+	result = (PyObject *) r;
 	if (!(r->result)) {
 		Py_DECREF(result);
 		Py_INCREF(Py_None);