diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CModelManager.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CModelManager.java
index 8f9938389c6..16890f138b2 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CModelManager.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/CModelManager.java
@@ -1400,21 +1400,21 @@ public class CModelManager implements IResourceChangeListener, IContentTypeChang
 	}
 
 	private void preDeleteProject(IProject project) {
+		// Stop indexing jobs for this project
+		CCoreInternals.getPDOMManager().preDeleteProject(create(project));
 		// Remove binary parsers
 		binaryParsersMap.remove(project);
 		// Stop the binary runner for this project
 		removeBinaryRunner(project);
-		// Stop indexing jobs for this project
-		CCoreInternals.getPDOMManager().preDeleteProject(create(project));
 	}
 
 	private void preCloseProject(IProject project) {
+		// Stop indexing jobs for this project
+		CCoreInternals.getPDOMManager().preCloseProject(create(project));
 		// Remove binary parsers
 		binaryParsersMap.remove(project);
 		// Stop the binary runner for this project
 		removeBinaryRunner(project);
-		// Stop indexing jobs for this project
-		CCoreInternals.getPDOMManager().preCloseProject(create(project));
 	}
 
 	public IWorkingCopy[] getSharedWorkingCopies(IBufferFactory factory) {