diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28a2ba5f..57a79153 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Unreleased
 
 - Add `divert` stream operation
+- Fix type union coercion fails when record types come before others
 
 ### [0.9.6] - [2022-08-01]
 
diff --git a/src/jackdaw/serdes/avro.clj b/src/jackdaw/serdes/avro.clj
index a9e253e3..48857519 100644
--- a/src/jackdaw/serdes/avro.clj
+++ b/src/jackdaw/serdes/avro.clj
@@ -397,15 +397,16 @@
 (defrecord RecordType [^Schema schema field->schema+coercion]
   SchemaCoercion
   (match-clj? [_ clj-map]
-    (let [[_ unknown-fields _] (clojure.data/diff (set (keys field->schema+coercion))
-                                                  (set (keys clj-map)))]
-      (and (every? (fn [[field-key [^Schema$Field field field-coercion]]]
-                     (let [field-value (get clj-map field-key ::missing)]
-                       (if (= field-value ::missing)
-                         (.defaultVal field)
-                         (match-clj? field-coercion field-value))))
-                   field->schema+coercion)
-           (empty? unknown-fields))))
+    (when clj-map
+      (let [[_ unknown-fields _] (clojure.data/diff (set (keys field->schema+coercion))
+                                                    (set (keys clj-map)))]
+        (and (every? (fn [[field-key [^Schema$Field field field-coercion]]]
+                       (let [field-value (get clj-map field-key ::missing)]
+                         (if (= field-value ::missing)
+                           (.defaultVal field)
+                           (match-clj? field-coercion field-value))))
+                     field->schema+coercion)
+             (empty? unknown-fields)))))
 
   (match-avro? [_ avro-record]
     (cond
diff --git a/test/jackdaw/serdes/avro_test.clj b/test/jackdaw/serdes/avro_test.clj
index 7f4d4a2b..17673a82 100644
--- a/test/jackdaw/serdes/avro_test.clj
+++ b/test/jackdaw/serdes/avro_test.clj
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@
           enum-schema {:name "enum"
                        :type "enum"
                        :symbols ["a" "b" "c"]}
-          avro-schema (parse-schema ["long"
+          avro-schema (parse-schema [record-1-schema
+                                     "long"
                                      "string"
                                      enum-schema
-                                     record-1-schema
                                      record-2-schema
                                      record-3-schema])
           schema-type (schema-type avro-schema)