diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
index b49ffe28f..cdb873942 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Zip.java
@@ -1784,12 +1784,12 @@ public class Zip extends MatchingTask {
             }
 
             ze.setUnixMode(mode);
-            zOut.putNextEntry(ze);
-
             if (extra != null) {
                 ze.setExtraFields(extra);
             }
 
+            zOut.putNextEntry(ze);
+
             byte[] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
             int count = 0;
             do {