diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
index 1d229635317..8174d6cb2b7 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
@@ -1954,11 +1954,11 @@ impl crate::Device for super::Device {
         match module {
             super::ShaderModule::Raw(raw) => {
                 unsafe { self.shared.raw.destroy_shader_module(raw, None) };
+
+                self.counters.shader_modules.sub(1);
             }
             super::ShaderModule::Intermediate { .. } => {}
         }
-
-        self.counters.shader_modules.sub(1);
     }
 
     unsafe fn create_render_pipeline(