diff --git a/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/ep-rt-mono.c b/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/ep-rt-mono.c
index 932a2df0e70ae..9758197d4b069 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/ep-rt-mono.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/eventpipe/ep-rt-mono.c
@@ -2936,8 +2936,8 @@ ep_rt_mono_write_event_method_il_to_native_map (
 
 		MonoDebugMethodJitInfo *debug_info = method ? mono_debug_find_method (method, root_domain) : NULL;
 		if (debug_info) {
+			offset_entries = debug_info->num_line_numbers;
 			if (offset_entries != 0) {
-				offset_entries = debug_info->num_line_numbers;
 				size_t needed_size = (offset_entries * sizeof (uint32_t) * 2);
 				if (needed_size > sizeof (fixed_buffer)) {
 					buffer = g_new (uint8_t, needed_size);