diff --git a/src/liblzma/common/stream_encoder.c b/src/liblzma/common/stream_encoder.c
index 48d91da7..97a7a23a 100644
--- a/src/liblzma/common/stream_encoder.c
+++ b/src/liblzma/common/stream_encoder.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ lzma_stream_encoder_init(lzma_next_coder *next, lzma_allocator *allocator,
 		next->end = &stream_encoder_end;
 		next->update = &stream_encoder_update;
 
+		next->coder->filters[0].id = LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN;
 		next->coder->block_encoder = LZMA_NEXT_CODER_INIT;
 		next->coder->index_encoder = LZMA_NEXT_CODER_INIT;
 		next->coder->index = NULL;
@@ -289,7 +290,6 @@ lzma_stream_encoder_init(lzma_next_coder *next, lzma_allocator *allocator,
 	next->coder->sequence = SEQ_STREAM_HEADER;
 	next->coder->block_options.version = 0;
 	next->coder->block_options.check = check;
-	next->coder->filters[0].id = LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN;
 
 	// Initialize the Index
 	lzma_index_end(next->coder->index, allocator);