diff --git a/daemon/call_flags.c b/daemon/call_flags.c
index 06afd173b..b9e71f312 100644
--- a/daemon/call_flags.c
+++ b/daemon/call_flags.c
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ static const char *ng_sdp_attr_media_iter(const ng_parser_t *parser, str *comman
 static const char *ng_sdp_attr_manipulations_iter(const ng_parser_t *parser, str *media_type, parser_arg command_action,
 		helper_arg arg)
 {
+	if (!parser->is_dict(command_action)) {
+		ilog(LOG_WARN, "SDP manipulations: Wrong content for SDP section.");
+		return "wrong content given";
+	}
+
 	struct sdp_manipulations *sm = sdp_manipulations_get_by_name(arg.flags->sdp_manipulations, media_type);
 	if (!sm) {
 		ilog(LOG_WARN, "SDP manipulations: unsupported SDP section '" STR_FORMAT "' targeted.",
@@ -217,11 +222,6 @@ static const char *ng_sdp_attr_manipulations_iter(const ng_parser_t *parser, str
 		return "unsupported sdp section";
 	}
 
-	if (!parser->is_dict(command_action)) {
-		ilog(LOG_WARN, "SDP manipulations: Wrong content for SDP section.");
-		return "wrong content given";
-	}
-
 	return parser->dict_iter(parser, command_action, ng_sdp_attr_media_iter, sm);
 }
 INLINE const char *ng_sdp_attr_manipulations(const ng_parser_t *parser, sdp_ng_flags *flags, parser_arg value) {