diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
index 99a2b57190..91b33cec09 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapivideomemory.c
@@ -298,11 +298,12 @@ gst_video_meta_map_vaapi_memory (GstVideoMeta * meta, guint plane,
   GstAllocator *allocator;
   GstVaapiVideoMemory *const mem =
       GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST (gst_buffer_peek_memory (meta->buffer, 0));
+
   g_return_val_if_fail (mem, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (mem->meta, FALSE);
 
   allocator = GST_MEMORY_CAST (mem)->allocator;
   g_return_val_if_fail (GST_VAAPI_IS_VIDEO_ALLOCATOR (allocator), FALSE);
-  g_return_val_if_fail (mem->meta, FALSE);
 
   g_mutex_lock (&mem->lock);
   if (mem->map_type && mem->map_type != GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_MAP_TYPE_PLANAR)
@@ -340,14 +341,15 @@ gst_video_meta_unmap_vaapi_memory (GstVideoMeta * meta, guint plane,
   GstAllocator *allocator;
   GstVaapiVideoMemory *const mem =
       GST_VAAPI_VIDEO_MEMORY_CAST (gst_buffer_peek_memory (meta->buffer, 0));
-  g_return_val_if_fail (mem, FALSE);
 
-  allocator = GST_MEMORY_CAST (mem)->allocator;
-  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_VAAPI_IS_VIDEO_ALLOCATOR (allocator), FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (mem, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (mem->meta, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (mem->surface, FALSE);
   g_return_val_if_fail (mem->image, FALSE);
 
+  allocator = GST_MEMORY_CAST (mem)->allocator;
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_VAAPI_IS_VIDEO_ALLOCATOR (allocator), FALSE);
+
   g_mutex_lock (&mem->lock);
   if (--mem->map_count == 0) {
     mem->map_type = 0;