diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/storage.ts b/src/vs/base/node/storage.ts
index bee454a4b4fd5787979786aad5304dbd39458666..6e917f1373e7cf47d3ca500d54e70081071efd47 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/storage.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/storage.ts
@@ -510,14 +510,14 @@ export class SQLiteStorageImpl {
 	private prepare(db: Database, sql: string, runCallback: (stmt: Statement) => void): void {
 		const stmt = db.prepare(sql);
 
-		runCallback(stmt);
-
 		const statementErrorListener = error => {
 			this.logger.error(`[storage ${this.name}] prepare(): ${error} (${sql})`);
 		};
 
 		stmt.on('error', statementErrorListener);
 
+		runCallback(stmt);
+
 		stmt.finalize(error => {
 			if (error) {
 				statementErrorListener(error);