Take lock after operation that might throw

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/restapi/ApplicationPatcher.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/restapi/ApplicationPatcher.java
index 771b570a4fd..4e89d839a6a 100644
--- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/restapi/ApplicationPatcher.java
+++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/restapi/ApplicationPatcher.java
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ public class ApplicationPatcher implements AutoCloseable {
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException("Error reading request body", e);
         }
-        lock = nodeRepository.nodes().lock(applicationId);
         this.application = nodeRepository.applications().require(applicationId);
+        this.lock = nodeRepository.nodes().lock(applicationId);
     }
 
     /** Applies the json to the application and returns it. */