diff --git a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
index 32570de4d..8adfd8164 100644
--- a/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
+++ b/smack-core/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/smack/util/PacketParserUtils.java
@@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ public class PacketParserUtils {
      */
     public static IQ parseIQ(XmlPullParser parser, XMPPConnection connection) throws Exception {
         IQ iqPacket = null;
-
-        String id = parser.getAttributeValue("", "id");
-        String to = parser.getAttributeValue("", "to");
-        String from = parser.getAttributeValue("", "from");
-        IQ.Type type = IQ.Type.fromString(parser.getAttributeValue("", "type"));
         XMPPError error = null;
 
+        final String id = parser.getAttributeValue("", "id");
+        final String to = parser.getAttributeValue("", "to");
+        final String from = parser.getAttributeValue("", "from");
+        final IQ.Type type = IQ.Type.fromString(parser.getAttributeValue("", "type"));
+
         boolean done = false;
         while (!done) {
             int eventType = parser.next();