diff --git a/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/GrpcMetadataHandlerInterceptor.java b/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/GrpcMetadataHandlerInterceptor.java
index 1edf2eb5b..e405336c2 100644
--- a/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/GrpcMetadataHandlerInterceptor.java
+++ b/gax-grpc/src/main/java/com/google/api/gax/grpc/GrpcMetadataHandlerInterceptor.java
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ public void onHeaders(Metadata headers) {
 
               @Override
               public void onClose(Status status, Metadata trailers) {
-                super.onClose(status, trailers);
                 metadataHandler.onTrailers(trailers);
+                super.onClose(status, trailers);
               }
             };
         super.start(forwardingResponseListener, headers);