diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index e91d111..793a809 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -1166,11 +1166,11 @@
         ((PyCoroObject *)coro)->cr_origin = NULL;
     } else {
         PyObject *cr_origin = compute_cr_origin(origin_depth);
+        ((PyCoroObject *)coro)->cr_origin = cr_origin;
         if (!cr_origin) {
             Py_DECREF(coro);
             return NULL;
         }
-        ((PyCoroObject *)coro)->cr_origin = cr_origin;
     }
 
     return coro;