ICU-10142 fix for old-style C

X-SVN-Rev: 34169

diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/ubidi.c b/icu4c/source/common/ubidi.c
index 8716b9aadb029ae41d7a812f1a0e11d99b39ec3f..dd9d6212be4c903a543fd5fb2a7b823fb2ea9220 100644 (file)
--- a/icu4c/source/common/ubidi.c
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/ubidi.c
@@ -966,7 +966,6 @@ directionFromFlags(UBiDi *pBiDi) {
  */
 static UBiDiDirection
 resolveExplicitLevels(UBiDi *pBiDi, UErrorCode *pErrorCode) {
-    if(U_FAILURE(*pErrorCode)) { return UBIDI_LTR; }
     DirProp *dirProps=pBiDi->dirProps;
     UBiDiLevel *levels=pBiDi->levels;
     const UChar *text=pBiDi->text;
@@ -978,6 +977,8 @@ resolveExplicitLevels(UBiDi *pBiDi, UErrorCode *pErrorCode) {
     UBiDiDirection direction;
     pBiDi->isolateCount=0;
 
+    if(U_FAILURE(*pErrorCode)) { return UBIDI_LTR; }
+
     /* determine if the text is mixed-directional or single-directional */
     direction=directionFromFlags(pBiDi);