diff --git a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
index 9fb4fa513e..0a67ad24f5 100644
--- a/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
+++ b/src/libxl/libxl_driver.c
@@ -4682,6 +4682,8 @@ libxlDomainGetNumaParameters(virDomainPtr dom,
      * the filtering on behalf of older clients that can't parse it. */
     flags &= ~VIR_TYPED_PARAM_STRING_OKAY;
 
+    libxl_bitmap_init(&nodemap);
+
     libxlDriverLock(driver);
     vm = virDomainObjListFindByUUID(driver->domains, dom->uuid);
     libxlDriverUnlock(driver);
@@ -4703,8 +4705,6 @@ libxlDomainGetNumaParameters(virDomainPtr dom,
 
     priv = vm->privateData;
 
-    libxl_bitmap_init(&nodemap);
-
     if ((*nparams) == 0) {
         *nparams = LIBXL_NUMA_NPARAM;
         ret = 0;