https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/996

diff --git a/MagickCore/draw.c b/MagickCore/draw.c
index 008f1b10d439bbeba90ea90179aecc14c079d357..279a3f630551db2719733530315a8afa6c0f7b79 100644 (file)
--- a/MagickCore/draw.c
+++ b/MagickCore/draw.c
@@ -5534,12 +5534,12 @@ static size_t TracePath(PrimitiveInfo *primitive_info,const char *path,
     number_coordinates,
     z_count;
 
+  status=MagickTrue;
   attribute=0;
   number_coordinates=0;
   z_count=0;
   primitive_type=primitive_info->primitive;
   q=primitive_info;
-  status=MagickTrue;
   for (p=path; *p != '\0'; )
   {
     if (status == MagickFalse)