diff --git a/channels/chan_iax2.c b/channels/chan_iax2.c
index 5f085e5e5d3e64515bc3eb10128e43179f70a2aa..0438c9703bdd33dce1ad1b77bc703bc9fae55b91 100644
--- a/channels/chan_iax2.c
+++ b/channels/chan_iax2.c
@@ -7312,7 +7312,6 @@ static char *handle_cli_iax2_set_debug(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct
 		struct iax2_peer *peer;
 		struct sockaddr_in peer_addr;
 
-		ast_sockaddr_to_sin(&peer->addr, &peer_addr);
 
 		if (a->argc != e->args + 1)
 			return CLI_SHOWUSAGE;
@@ -7324,6 +7323,8 @@ static char *handle_cli_iax2_set_debug(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct
 			return CLI_FAILURE;
 		}
 
+		ast_sockaddr_to_sin(&peer->addr, &peer_addr);
+
 		debugaddr.sin_addr = peer_addr.sin_addr;
 		debugaddr.sin_port = peer_addr.sin_port;