diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
index 75ae9f8..fa67d46 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@
 
   CrashArtifactPaths paths = queue->get_next_artifact_paths();
 
+  if (crash->output.proto && crash->output.proto->fd != -1) {
+    if (!paths.proto) {
+      LOG(ERROR) << "missing path for proto tombstone";
+    } else {
+      rename_tombstone_fd(crash->output.proto->fd, queue->dir_fd(), *paths.proto);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (rename_tombstone_fd(crash->output.text.fd, queue->dir_fd(), paths.text)) {
     if (crash->crash_type == kDebuggerdJavaBacktrace) {
       LOG(ERROR) << "Traces for pid " << crash->crash_pid << " written to: " << paths.text;
@@ -466,14 +474,6 @@
       LOG(ERROR) << "Tombstone written to: " << paths.text;
     }
   }
-
-  if (crash->output.proto && crash->output.proto->fd != -1) {
-    if (!paths.proto) {
-      LOG(ERROR) << "missing path for proto tombstone";
-    } else {
-      rename_tombstone_fd(crash->output.proto->fd, queue->dir_fd(), *paths.proto);
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 static void crash_completed_cb(evutil_socket_t sockfd, short ev, void* arg) {