--- a/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
+++ b/gfx/layers/apz/src/AsyncPanZoomController.cpp
@@ -1282,32 +1282,32 @@ nsEventStatus AsyncPanZoomController::On
   mLastZoomFocus = aEvent.mLocalFocusPoint - mFrameMetrics.mCompositionBounds.TopLeft();
 
   return nsEventStatus_eConsumeNoDefault;
 }
 
 nsEventStatus AsyncPanZoomController::OnScale(const PinchGestureInput& aEvent) {
   APZC_LOG("%p got a scale in state %d\n", this, mState);
 
+  if (HasReadyTouchBlock() && !CurrentTouchBlock()->TouchActionAllowsPinchZoom()) {
+    return nsEventStatus_eIgnore;
+  }
+
+  if (mState != PINCHING) {
+    return nsEventStatus_eConsumeNoDefault;
+  }
+
   // Only the root APZC is zoomable, and the root APZC is not allowed to have
   // different x and y scales. If it did, the calculations in this function
   // would have to be adjusted (as e.g. it would no longer be valid to take
   // the minimum or maximum of the ratios of the widths and heights of the
   // page rect and the composition bounds).
   MOZ_ASSERT(mFrameMetrics.IsRootScrollable());
   MOZ_ASSERT(mFrameMetrics.GetZoom().AreScalesSame());
 
-  if (HasReadyTouchBlock() && !CurrentTouchBlock()->TouchActionAllowsPinchZoom()) {
-    return nsEventStatus_eIgnore;
-  }
-
-  if (mState != PINCHING) {
-    return nsEventStatus_eConsumeNoDefault;
-  }
-
   float prevSpan = aEvent.mPreviousSpan;
   if (fabsf(prevSpan) <= EPSILON || fabsf(aEvent.mCurrentSpan) <= EPSILON) {
     // We're still handling it; we've just decided to throw this event away.
     return nsEventStatus_eConsumeNoDefault;
   }
 
   float spanRatio = aEvent.mCurrentSpan / aEvent.mPreviousSpan;