diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index df8befa48f0535f4db826298c3d65f0e30a6b320..6363f5a3322fd423ad902847588fd4e4a5c63d04 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1787,8 +1787,8 @@ CURLMcode curl_multi_cleanup(CURLM *multi_handle)
   struct SessionHandle *nextdata;
 
   if(GOOD_MULTI_HANDLE(multi)) {
-    SIGPIPE_VARIABLE(pipe);
     bool restore_pipe = FALSE;
+    SIGPIPE_VARIABLE(pipe);
 
     multi->type = 0; /* not good anymore */