diff --git a/imxml2epub.py b/imxml2epub.py
index fb3b6f6..46a63eb 100755
--- a/imxml2epub.py
+++ b/imxml2epub.py
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ def addToTocncx(tocncx, Label, intTechnicalChapterNumber):
     contentopf = addToContentopf(contentopf, content_opf_filename, content_opf_fileid, extension_and_mime)
 
     idFigure = xmlFigure.find(".//anchor").get("id")
+    xmlFigureCaption = xmlFigure.find(".//caption")
     intFigureNumber = dictFigures[idFigure]
     if xmlFigure.tag == "EOAfigure":
         strImageWidth = xmlFigure.find(".//width").text
@@ -536,7 +537,6 @@ def addToTocncx(tocncx, Label, intTechnicalChapterNumber):
     if args.nocaption:
         pass
     else:
-        xmlFigureCaption = xmlFigure.find(".//caption")
         xmlFigureCaption.tag = "p"
         strFigureCaption = xmlFigureCaption.text or ""
         # FIX