diff --git a/src/epg.c b/src/epg.c
index 68ef8c4b..8c89ef74 100644
--- a/src/epg.c
+++ b/src/epg.c
@@ -622,11 +622,12 @@ epg_query0(epg_query_result_t *eqr, channel_t *ch, channel_tag_t *ct,
 {
   channel_tag_mapping_t *ctm;
   time_t now;
-
-  time(&now);
-
   regex_t preg0, *preg;
 
+  lock_assert(&global_lock);
+  memset(eqr, 0, sizeof(epg_query_result_t));
+  time(&now);
+
   if(title != NULL) {
     if(regcomp(&preg0, title, REG_ICASE | REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB))
       return;
@@ -635,9 +636,6 @@ epg_query0(epg_query_result_t *eqr, channel_t *ch, channel_tag_t *ct,
     preg = NULL;
   }
 
-  lock_assert(&global_lock);
-  memset(eqr, 0, sizeof(epg_query_result_t));
-
   if(ch != NULL && ct == NULL) {
     epg_query_add_channel(eqr, ch, ecg, preg, now);
     return;