diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf4/DWARFCompilationUnit.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf4/DWARFCompilationUnit.java
index 995473d7f1..2ed1bfde12 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf4/DWARFCompilationUnit.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/dwarf4/DWARFCompilationUnit.java
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ public class DWARFCompilationUnit {
 			new DWARFCompilationUnit(dwarfProgram, startOffset, endOffset, length, format, version,
 				abbreviationOffset, pointerSize, cuNumber, firstDIEOffset, abbrMap);
 
-		DebugInfoEntry compileUnitDIE =
-			DebugInfoEntry.read(debugInfoBR, cu, dwarfProgram.getAttributeFactory());
-
 		try {
+			DebugInfoEntry compileUnitDIE =
+				DebugInfoEntry.read(debugInfoBR, cu, dwarfProgram.getAttributeFactory());
+
 			DWARFCompileUnit compUnit = DWARFCompileUnit.read(
 				DIEAggregate.createSingle(compileUnitDIE), dwarfProgram.getDebugLine());
 			cu.setCompileUnit(compUnit);