1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/imap.c b/imap.c
index 0b39e1c2..101f4030 100644
--- a/imap.c
+++ b/imap.c
@@ -261,7 +261,14 @@ static int do_rfc1731(int sock, char *truename)
 	return result;
     }
 
-    /* this patch by Dan Root <dar@thekeep.org> solves an endianess problem. */
+    len = from64tobits(challenge1.cstr, buf1);
+    if (len < 0) {
+	report(stderr, _("could not decode initial BASE64 challenge\n"));
+	return PS_AUTHFAIL;
+    }
+
+    /* this patch by Dan Root <dar@thekeep.org> solves an endianess
+     * problem. */
     {
 	char tmp[4];
 
@@ -269,12 +276,6 @@ static int do_rfc1731(int sock, char *truename)
 	memcpy(challenge1.cstr, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
     }
 
-    len = from64tobits(challenge1.cstr, buf1);
-    if (len < 0) {
-	report(stderr, _("could not decode initial BASE64 challenge\n"));
-	return PS_AUTHFAIL;
-    }
-
     /* Client responds with a Kerberos ticket and an authenticator for
      * the principal "imap.hostname@realm" where "hostname" is the
      * first component of the host name of the server with all letters