diff --git a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
index 6b5c284..042a029 100755
--- a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
+++ b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch2.py
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ class ApplyPatch:
             return
 
         logging.info('Syncing local, origin and upstream...')
+        self.repo.git.clean('-ffxdq')
         self.repo.git.fetch('--all')
         self.repo.git.checkout('master')
         self.repo.git.reset('--hard')
-        self.repo.git.clean('-ffxdq')
         if 'upstream' not in self.repo.remotes:
             self.repo.create_remote('upstream', url=LLVM_GITHUB_URL)
             self.repo.remotes.upstream.fetch()