diff --git a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
index ec6670e..fd718c2 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@
 
 	trace.SetOutput(filepath.Join(logsDir, c.logsPrefix+"build.trace"))
 
-	c.run(buildCtx, config, args)
-
 	if !config.SkipMetricsUpload() {
 		defer build.UploadMetrics(buildCtx, config, c.simpleOutput, buildStarted, bazelProfileFile, bazelMetricsFile, metricsFiles...)
 	}
 	defer met.Dump(soongMetricsFile)
 
+	c.run(buildCtx, config, args)
+
 }
 
 func logAndSymlinkSetup(buildCtx build.Context, config build.Config) {