diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-db.php b/wp-admin/admin-db.php
index 5e16fe7770..848e1eb630 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-db.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-db.php
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ function wp_delete_user($id, $reassign = 'novalue') {
 	}
 
 	// FINALLY, delete user
+	do_action('delete_user', $id);
+
 	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->users WHERE ID = $id");
 	$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM $wpdb->usermeta WHERE user_id = '$id'");
 
 	wp_cache_delete($id, 'users');
 	wp_cache_delete($user->user_login, 'userlogins');
 
-	do_action('delete_user', $id);
-
 	return true;
 }