diff --git a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
index 661bd5d..ec6670e 100644
--- a/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
+++ b/cmd/soong_ui/main.go
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@
 
 	c.run(buildCtx, config, args)
 
-	defer met.Dump(soongMetricsFile)
 	if !config.SkipMetricsUpload() {
 		defer build.UploadMetrics(buildCtx, config, c.simpleOutput, buildStarted, bazelProfileFile, bazelMetricsFile, metricsFiles...)
 	}
+	defer met.Dump(soongMetricsFile)
 
 }