diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.cpp b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.cpp
index b1791b3..1614789 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.cpp
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@
 
 template <typename Backend>
 ThreadedBackend<Backend>::ThreadedBackend(Backend&& innerBackend)
-      : mTracerThread(
+      : mBackend(std::move(innerBackend)),
+        mTracerThread(
                 "InputTracer", [this]() { threadLoop(); },
-                [this]() { mThreadWakeCondition.notify_all(); }),
-        mBackend(std::move(innerBackend)) {}
+                [this]() { mThreadWakeCondition.notify_all(); }) {}
 
 template <typename Backend>
 ThreadedBackend<Backend>::~ThreadedBackend() {
diff --git a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.h b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.h
index cab47af..3bfc72b 100644
--- a/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.h
+++ b/services/inputflinger/dispatcher/trace/ThreadedBackend.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 
 private:
     std::mutex mLock;
-    InputThread mTracerThread;
     bool mThreadExit GUARDED_BY(mLock){false};
     std::condition_variable mThreadWakeCondition;
     Backend mBackend;
@@ -53,6 +52,11 @@
                       TracedEventArgs>;
     std::vector<TraceEntry> mQueue GUARDED_BY(mLock);
 
+    // InputThread stops when its destructor is called. Initialize it last so that it is the
+    // first thing to be destructed. This will guarantee the thread will not access other
+    // members that have already been destructed.
+    InputThread mTracerThread;
+
     void threadLoop();
 };