diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index ecaf8c2a5..ae2ffadc3 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@ long WINAPI Win32ExceptionHandler(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *pExceptInfo)
 
 	std::string dumpfile = porting::path_user + DIR_DELIM PROJECT_NAME ".dmp";
 
+	std::string version_str(PROJECT_NAME " ");
+	version_str += g_version_hash;
+
 	HANDLE hFile = CreateFileA(dumpfile.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE,
 		FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
 	if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
@@ -400,9 +403,6 @@ long WINAPI Win32ExceptionHandler(struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS *pExceptInfo)
 	mdei.ExceptionPointers = pExceptInfo;
 	mdei.ThreadId		   = GetCurrentThreadId();
 
-	std::string version_str(PROJECT_NAME " ");
-	version_str += g_version_hash;
-
 	mdus.Type       = CommentStreamA;
 	mdus.BufferSize = version_str.size();
 	mdus.Buffer     = (PVOID)version_str.c_str();