diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
index 7c59b8b7cde4..3e12e3fcc55f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/sway/wrapper.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ let
   baseWrapper = writeShellScriptBin "sway" ''
      set -o errexit
      if [ ! "$_SWAY_WRAPPER_ALREADY_EXECUTED" ]; then
-       export _SWAY_WRAPPER_ALREADY_EXECUTED=1
        ${extraSessionCommands}
+       export _SWAY_WRAPPER_ALREADY_EXECUTED=1
      fi
      if [ "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]; then
        export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS