diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
index 758ac512e8..d9e056f1a8 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
@@ -602,9 +602,9 @@ bool JpegEncoder::write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params )
     JpegErrorMgr jerr;
     JpegDestination dest;
 
-    jpeg_create_compress(&cinfo);
     cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error(&jerr.pub);
     jerr.pub.error_exit = error_exit;
+    jpeg_create_compress(&cinfo);
 
     if( !m_buf )
     {