diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index 454365ce00..bb17cfce31 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -620,11 +620,11 @@ static int mirror_exit_common(Job *job)
 {
     MirrorBlockJob *s = container_of(job, MirrorBlockJob, common.job);
     BlockJob *bjob = &s->common;
-    MirrorBDSOpaque *bs_opaque = s->mirror_top_bs->opaque;
+    MirrorBDSOpaque *bs_opaque;
     AioContext *replace_aio_context = NULL;
-    BlockDriverState *src = s->mirror_top_bs->backing->bs;
-    BlockDriverState *target_bs = blk_bs(s->target);
-    BlockDriverState *mirror_top_bs = s->mirror_top_bs;
+    BlockDriverState *src;
+    BlockDriverState *target_bs;
+    BlockDriverState *mirror_top_bs;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     bool abort = job->ret < 0;
     int ret = 0;
@@ -634,6 +634,11 @@ static int mirror_exit_common(Job *job)
     }
     s->prepared = true;
 
+    mirror_top_bs = s->mirror_top_bs;
+    bs_opaque = mirror_top_bs->opaque;
+    src = mirror_top_bs->backing->bs;
+    target_bs = blk_bs(s->target);
+
     if (bdrv_chain_contains(src, target_bs)) {
         bdrv_unfreeze_backing_chain(mirror_top_bs, target_bs);
     }