diff --git a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
index 8dad62cd2c6..f2f192fbeea 100644
--- a/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
+++ b/indexer/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/indexer/HadoopDruidIndexerJob.java
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerJob implements Jobby
       }
     }
 
-    publishedSegments = IndexGeneratorJob.getPublishedSegments(config);
-
     if (!config.isLeaveIntermediate()) {
       if (failedMessage == null || config.isCleanupOnFailure()) {
         Path workingPath = config.makeIntermediatePath();
@@ -121,6 +119,8 @@ public class HadoopDruidIndexerJob implements Jobby
       throw new ISE(failedMessage);
     }
 
+    publishedSegments = IndexGeneratorJob.getPublishedSegments(config);
+
     return true;
   }