diff --git a/rtengine/iplab2rgb.cc b/rtengine/iplab2rgb.cc
index 218dbf6fe..f970e3a54 100644
--- a/rtengine/iplab2rgb.cc
+++ b/rtengine/iplab2rgb.cc
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ Image8* ImProcFunctions::lab2rgb (LabImage* lab, int cx, int cy, int cw, int ch,
 
     Image8* image = new Image8 (cw, ch);
     Glib::ustring profile;
-    cmsHPROFILE oprof = iccStore->getProfile (profile);
 
     bool standard_gamma;
 
@@ -159,6 +158,8 @@ Image8* ImProcFunctions::lab2rgb (LabImage* lab, int cx, int cy, int cw, int ch,
         standard_gamma = false;
     }
 
+    cmsHPROFILE oprof = iccStore->getProfile (profile);
+
     if (oprof) {
         cmsHPROFILE oprofG = oprof;