diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sweeper.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sweeper.cpp
index 88a94f3..e7264b38 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sweeper.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/sweeper.cpp
@@ -717,14 +717,14 @@ NMethodSweeper::MethodStateChange NMethodSweeper::process_compiled_method(Compil
     // stack we can safely convert it to a zombie method
     OrderAccess::loadload(); // _stack_traversal_mark and _state
     if (cm->can_convert_to_zombie()) {
+      // Code cache state change is tracked in make_zombie()
+      cm->make_zombie();
       // Clear ICStubs to prevent back patching stubs of zombie or flushed
       // nmethods during the next safepoint (see ICStub::finalize).
       {
         CompiledICLocker ml(cm);
         cm->clear_ic_stubs();
       }
-      // Code cache state change is tracked in make_zombie()
-      cm->make_zombie();
       SWEEP(cm);
       // The nmethod may have been locked by JVMTI after being made zombie (see
       // JvmtiDeferredEvent::compiled_method_unload_event()). If so, we cannot