diff --git a/WINGs/wtext.c b/WINGs/wtext.c
index b57b6b38..074da89c 100644
--- a/WINGs/wtext.c
+++ b/WINGs/wtext.c
@@ -2898,7 +2898,7 @@ static void releaseStreamObjects(void *data)
 
 static WMArray *getStreamObjects(WMText * tPtr, int sel)
 {
-	WMArray *array = WMCreateArrayWithDestructor(4, releaseStreamObjects);
+	WMArray *array;
 	WMData *data;
 	char *stream;
 	unsigned short len;
@@ -2908,6 +2908,8 @@ static WMArray *getStreamObjects(WMText * tPtr, int sel)
 	if (!stream)
 		return NULL;
 
+	array = WMCreateArrayWithDestructor(4, releaseStreamObjects);
+
 	start = stream;
 	while (start) {