diff --git a/drivers/gles3/storage/mesh_storage.cpp b/drivers/gles3/storage/mesh_storage.cpp
index 381cf1a7c64..a96a491517f 100644
--- a/drivers/gles3/storage/mesh_storage.cpp
+++ b/drivers/gles3/storage/mesh_storage.cpp
@@ -1689,14 +1689,16 @@ void MeshStorage::multimesh_set_buffer(RID p_multimesh, const Vector<float> &p_b
 		// Color and custom need to be packed so copy buffer to data_cache and pack.
 
 		_multimesh_make_local(multimesh);
-		multimesh->data_cache = p_buffer;
 
-		float *w = multimesh->data_cache.ptrw();
 		uint32_t old_stride = multimesh->xform_format == RS::MULTIMESH_TRANSFORM_2D ? 8 : 12;
 		old_stride += multimesh->uses_colors ? 4 : 0;
 		old_stride += multimesh->uses_custom_data ? 4 : 0;
 		ERR_FAIL_COND(p_buffer.size() != (multimesh->instances * (int)old_stride));
 
+		multimesh->data_cache = p_buffer;
+
+		float *w = multimesh->data_cache.ptrw();
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < multimesh->instances; i++) {
 			{
 				float *dataptr = w + i * old_stride;