diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
index c4612f613..06d2a4d2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
@@ -409,10 +409,10 @@ NfsConnection::OnSocketReady(unsigned flags)
 		error.Format(nfs_domain, "NFS connection has failed: %s",
 			     nfs_get_error(context));
 
+		BroadcastError(std::move(error));
+
 		DestroyContext();
 		closed = true;
-
-		BroadcastError(std::move(error));
 	} else if (SocketMonitor::IsDefined() && nfs_get_fd(context) < 0) {
 		/* this happens when rpc_reconnect_requeue() is called
 		   after the connection broke, but autoreconnet was
@@ -425,10 +425,10 @@ NfsConnection::OnSocketReady(unsigned flags)
 			error.Format(nfs_domain,
 				     "NFS socket disappeared: %s", msg);
 
+		BroadcastError(std::move(error));
+
 		DestroyContext();
 		closed = true;
-
-		BroadcastError(std::move(error));
 	}
 
 	assert(in_event);