diff --git a/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts b/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
index dfa6ed9ea39..3269c8b32ca 100644
--- a/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
+++ b/src/vs/server/node/remoteExtensionsScanner.ts
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ export class RemoteExtensionsScannerService implements IRemoteExtensionsScannerS
 	}
 
 	async scanExtensions(language?: string, profileLocation?: URI, extensionDevelopmentLocations?: URI[], languagePackId?: string): Promise<IExtensionDescription[]> {
-		await this.whenExtensionsReady();
-
 		performance.mark('code/server/willScanExtensions');
-
 		this._logService.trace(`Scanning extensions using UI language: ${language}`);
 
+		await this.whenExtensionsReady();
+
 		const extensionDevelopmentPaths = extensionDevelopmentLocations ? extensionDevelopmentLocations.filter(url => url.scheme === Schemas.file).map(url => url.fsPath) : undefined;
 		profileLocation = profileLocation ?? this._userDataProfilesService.defaultProfile.extensionsResource;