diff --git a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/yamlfilecontent_probe.c b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/yamlfilecontent_probe.c

index 6f18abf83..e7e6cb3f5 100644

--- a/src/OVAL/probes/independent/yamlfilecontent_probe.c

+++ b/src/OVAL/probes/independent/yamlfilecontent_probe.c

@@ -216,12 +216,13 @@ static int yaml_path_query(const char *filepath, const char *yaml_path_cstr, str

 			result_error("YAML parser error: %s", parser.problem);

 			goto cleanup;

 		}

+

+		event_type = event.type;

+

 		if (yaml_path_filter_event(yaml_path, &parser, &event) == YAML_PATH_FILTER_RESULT_OUT) {

 			goto next;

 		}

-		event_type = event.type;

-

 		if (sequence) {

 			if (event_type == YAML_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT) {

 				sequence = false;