diff --git a/editor/libeditor/text/nsEditorEventListeners.cpp b/editor/libeditor/text/nsEditorEventListeners.cpp
index ec2b4c56466..522e6c5b191 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/text/nsEditorEventListeners.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/text/nsEditorEventListeners.cpp
@@ -1112,6 +1112,7 @@ nsTextEditorFocusListener::Focus(nsIDOMEvent* aEvent)
   // turn on selection and caret
   if (mEditor)
   {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIEditorIMESupport> imeEditor = do_QueryInterface(mEditor);
     PRUint32 flags;
     mEditor->GetFlags(&flags);
     if (! (flags & nsIPlaintextEditor::eEditorDisabledMask))
@@ -1164,7 +1165,6 @@ nsTextEditorFocusListener::Focus(nsIDOMEvent* aEvent)
       }
     }
 
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIEditorIMESupport> imeEditor = do_QueryInterface(mEditor);
     if (imeEditor)
       imeEditor->NotifyIMEOnFocus();
   }