diff --git a/spa/plugins/support/loop.c b/spa/plugins/support/loop.c
index 832779bf1..bae9f27ef 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/support/loop.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/support/loop.c
@@ -475,11 +475,14 @@ static int loop_iterate(void *object, int timeout)
 	if (SPA_UNLIKELY(!spa_list_is_empty(&impl->destroy_list)))
 		process_destroy(impl);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < nfds; i++) {
+		struct spa_source *s = ep[i].data;
+		if (SPA_LIKELY(s && s->rmask))
+			s->func(s);
+	}
 	for (i = 0; i < nfds; i++) {
 		struct spa_source *s = ep[i].data;
 		if (SPA_LIKELY(s)) {
-			if (SPA_LIKELY(s->rmask))
-				s->func(s);
 			s->rmask = 0;
 			s->priv = NULL;
 		}