diff --git a/helix-term/src/application.rs b/helix-term/src/application.rs
index 8ee0802f2..173c5d49a 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/application.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/application.rs
@@ -597,14 +597,14 @@ impl Application {
 
                         // trigger textDocument/didOpen for docs that are already open
                         for doc in docs {
-                            let language_id =
-                                doc.language_id().map(ToOwned::to_owned).unwrap_or_default();
-
                             let url = match doc.url() {
                                 Some(url) => url,
                                 None => continue, // skip documents with no path
                             };
 
+                            let language_id =
+                                doc.language_id().map(ToOwned::to_owned).unwrap_or_default();
+
                             tokio::spawn(language_server.text_document_did_open(
                                 url,
                                 doc.version(),