diff --git a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
index 7bfad4db18ad..db0be1473616 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ int qrtr_endpoint_post(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep, const void *data, size_t len)
 	/* All control packets and non-local destined data packets should be
 	 * queued to the worker for forwarding handling.
 	 */
+	svc_id = qrtr_get_service_id(cb->src_node, cb->src_port);
 	if (cb->type != QRTR_TYPE_DATA || cb->dst_node != qrtr_local_nid) {
 		skb_queue_tail(&node->rx_queue, skb);
 		kthread_queue_work(&node->kworker, &node->read_data);
@@ -910,7 +911,6 @@ int qrtr_endpoint_post(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep, const void *data, size_t len)
 		}
 
 		/* Force wakeup based on services */
-		svc_id = qrtr_get_service_id(cb->src_node, cb->src_port);
 		if (!xa_load(&node->no_wake_svc, svc_id))
 			pm_wakeup_ws_event(node->ws, qrtr_wakeup_ms, true);