diff --git a/library/includes/functions.php b/library/includes/functions.php
index da2b6faaf..a265810f6 100644
--- a/library/includes/functions.php
+++ b/library/includes/functions.php
@@ -2066,6 +2066,8 @@ function hash_search($hash)
         bb_die(sprintf($lang['HASH_INVALID'], $hash));
     }
 
+    $info_hash = DB()->escape(pack('H*', $hash));
+
     // Check info_hash version
     if (mb_strlen($hash, 'UTF-8') == 40) {
         $info_hash_where = "WHERE info_hash = '$info_hash'";
@@ -2075,8 +2077,6 @@ function hash_search($hash)
         bb_die(sprintf($lang['HASH_INVALID'], $hash));
     }
 
-    $info_hash = DB()->escape(pack('H*', $hash));
-
     if ($row = DB()->fetch_row("SELECT topic_id FROM " . BB_BT_TORRENTS . " $info_hash_where")) {
         redirect(TOPIC_URL . $row['topic_id']);
     } else {