diff --git a/ext/phar/phar.c b/ext/phar/phar.c
index d9079d965ab..fddbf3d22d1 100644
--- a/ext/phar/phar.c
+++ b/ext/phar/phar.c
@@ -1682,6 +1682,12 @@ static zend_result phar_open_from_fp(php_stream* fp, char *fname, size_t fname_l
 				if (!PHAR_G(has_zlib)) {
 					MAPPHAR_ALLOC_FAIL("unable to decompress gzipped phar archive \"%s\" to temporary file, enable zlib extension in php.ini")
 				}
+
+				/* entire file is gzip-compressed, uncompress to temporary file */
+				if (!(temp = php_stream_fopen_tmpfile())) {
+					MAPPHAR_ALLOC_FAIL("unable to create temporary file for decompression of gzipped phar archive \"%s\"")
+				}
+
 				array_init(&filterparams);
 /* this is defined in zlib's zconf.h */
 #ifndef MAX_WBITS
@@ -1689,11 +1695,6 @@ static zend_result phar_open_from_fp(php_stream* fp, char *fname, size_t fname_l
 #endif
 				add_assoc_long_ex(&filterparams, "window", sizeof("window") - 1, MAX_WBITS + 32);
 
-				/* entire file is gzip-compressed, uncompress to temporary file */
-				if (!(temp = php_stream_fopen_tmpfile())) {
-					MAPPHAR_ALLOC_FAIL("unable to create temporary file for decompression of gzipped phar archive \"%s\"")
-				}
-
 				php_stream_rewind(fp);
 				filter = php_stream_filter_create("zlib.inflate", &filterparams, php_stream_is_persistent(fp));