diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
index d3bc3b5271042..122af56bd575c 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/ActivityManagerShellCommand.java
@@ -940,8 +940,6 @@ final class ActivityManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
             String logNameTimeString = LOG_NAME_TIME_FORMATTER.format(localDateTime);
             heapFile = "/data/local/tmp/heapdump-" + logNameTimeString + ".prof";
         }
-        pw.println("File: " + heapFile);
-        pw.flush();
 
         // Writes an error message to stderr on failure
         ParcelFileDescriptor fd = openFileForSystem(heapFile, "w");
@@ -949,6 +947,9 @@ final class ActivityManagerShellCommand extends ShellCommand {
             return -1;
         }
 
+        pw.println("File: " + heapFile);
+        pw.flush();
+
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
         final RemoteCallback finishCallback = new RemoteCallback(new OnResultListener() {