diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index b0ebe5039c..7f5671504f 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -1180,9 +1180,6 @@ WalSndWriteData(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx, XLogRecPtr lsn, TransactionId xid,
 {
 	TimestampTz now;
 
-	/* output previously gathered data in a CopyData packet */
-	pq_putmessage_noblock('d', ctx->out->data, ctx->out->len);
-
 	/*
 	 * Fill the send timestamp last, so that it is taken as late as possible.
 	 * This is somewhat ugly, but the protocol is set as it's already used for
@@ -1194,6 +1191,9 @@ WalSndWriteData(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx, XLogRecPtr lsn, TransactionId xid,
 	memcpy(&ctx->out->data[1 + sizeof(int64) + sizeof(int64)],
 		   tmpbuf.data, sizeof(int64));
 
+	/* output previously gathered data in a CopyData packet */
+	pq_putmessage_noblock('d', ctx->out->data, ctx->out->len);
+
 	CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
 
 	/* Try to flush pending output to the client */