diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 6b7f643951..990e71fd40 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -340,8 +340,15 @@ static void virtio_gpu_resource_create_blob(VirtIOGPU *g,
         return;
     }
 
-    res = virtio_gpu_find_resource(g, cblob.resource_id);
-    if (res) {
+    if (cblob.blob_mem != VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_GUEST &&
+        cblob.blob_flags != VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_FLAG_USE_SHAREABLE) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: invalid memory type\n",
+                      __func__);
+        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (virtio_gpu_find_resource(g, cblob.resource_id)) {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: resource already exists %d\n",
                       __func__, cblob.resource_id);
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_RESOURCE_ID;
@@ -352,25 +359,12 @@ static void virtio_gpu_resource_create_blob(VirtIOGPU *g,
     res->resource_id = cblob.resource_id;
     res->blob_size = cblob.size;
 
-    if (cblob.blob_mem != VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_MEM_GUEST &&
-        cblob.blob_flags != VIRTIO_GPU_BLOB_FLAG_USE_SHAREABLE) {
-        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: invalid memory type\n",
-                      __func__);
-        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-        g_free(res);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (res->iov) {
-        cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
-        return;
-    }
-
     ret = virtio_gpu_create_mapping_iov(g, cblob.nr_entries, sizeof(cblob),
                                         cmd, &res->addrs, &res->iov,
                                         &res->iov_cnt);
-    if (ret != 0) {
+    if (ret != 0 || res->iov) {
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_UNSPEC;
+        g_free(res);
         return;
     }