diff --git a/dlls/advapi32/service.c b/dlls/advapi32/service.c
index 3acab45..728950e 100644
--- a/dlls/advapi32/service.c
+++ b/dlls/advapi32/service.c
@@ -686,6 +686,13 @@ static DWORD WINAPI service_control_dispatcher(LPVOID arg)
     name = service_get_pipe_name(service->name);
     pipe = CreateNamedPipeW(name, PIPE_ACCESS_DUPLEX,
                   PIPE_TYPE_BYTE|PIPE_WAIT, 1, 256, 256, 10000, NULL );
+
+    if (pipe==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+        ERR("failed to create pipe for %s, error = %d\n",
+            debugstr_w(service->name), GetLastError());
+    }
+
     HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, name);
 
     /* let the process who started us know we've tried to create a pipe */
@@ -695,8 +702,6 @@ static DWORD WINAPI service_control_dispatcher(LPVOID arg)
 
     if (pipe==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-        ERR("failed to create pipe for %s, error = %d\n",
-            debugstr_w(service->name), GetLastError());
         return 0;
     }