diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitBinaryHandler.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitBinaryHandler.java
index f0db4847d85e..acc748a76d5b 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitBinaryHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/commands/GitBinaryHandler.java
@@ -96,19 +96,20 @@ public class GitBinaryHandler extends GitHandler {
 
   @Override
   protected void waitForProcess() {
+    int exitCode;
     try {
       mySteamSemaphore.acquire(2);
       myProcess.waitFor();
-      int exitCode = myProcess.exitValue();
-      setExitCode(exitCode);
+      exitCode = myProcess.exitValue();
     }
     catch (InterruptedException e) {
       if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
         LOG.debug("Ignoring process exception: ", e);
       }
-      setExitCode(255);
+      exitCode = 255;
     }
-    listeners().processTerminated(getExitCode());
+    setExitCode(exitCode);
+    listeners().processTerminated(exitCode);
   }
 
   /**