diff --git a/Userland/Services/WebDriver/Session.cpp b/Userland/Services/WebDriver/Session.cpp
index e251473e23c..4cfc160b146 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/WebDriver/Session.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/WebDriver/Session.cpp
@@ -193,15 +193,15 @@ Web::WebDriver::Response Session::set_timeouts(JsonValue payload)
 // 11.2 Close Window, https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#dfn-close-window
 Web::WebDriver::Response Session::close_window()
 {
+    // 3. Close the current top-level browsing context.
+    TRY(perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) {
+        return connection.close_window();
+    }));
+
     {
         // Defer removing the window handle from this session until after we know we are done with its connection.
         ScopeGuard guard { [this] { m_windows.remove(m_current_window_handle); m_current_window_handle = "NoSuchWindowPleaseSelectANewOne"_string; } };
 
-        // 3. Close the current top-level browsing context.
-        TRY(perform_async_action([&](auto& connection) {
-            return connection.close_window();
-        }));
-
         // 4. If there are no more open top-level browsing contexts, then close the session.
         if (m_windows.size() == 1)
             m_client->close_session(session_id());