diff --git a/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/main.c b/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/main.c
index 7ffbd16db6d..a4ba7d760f0 100644
--- a/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/main.c
+++ b/contrib/bsnmp/snmpd/main.c
@@ -492,6 +492,8 @@ snmp_input_start(const u_char *buf, size_t len, const char *source,
 	b.asn_cptr = buf;
 	b.asn_len = len;
 
+	ret = SNMPD_INPUT_OK;
+
 	/* look whether we have enough bytes for the entire PDU. */
 	switch (sret = snmp_pdu_snoop(&b)) {
 
@@ -520,8 +522,6 @@ snmp_input_start(const u_char *buf, size_t len, const char *source,
 	}
 	code = snmp_pdu_decode_scoped(&b, pdu, ip);
 
-	ret = SNMPD_INPUT_OK;
-
 decoded:
 	snmpd_stats.inPkts++;