diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/Huami2021Support.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/Huami2021Support.java
index 1fa18ade0..b22e2f455 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/Huami2021Support.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/Huami2021Support.java
@@ -2527,9 +2527,6 @@ public abstract class Huami2021Support extends HuamiSupport {
 
         LOG.info("Acknowledging icon send for {}", queuedIconPackage);
 
-        queuedIconPackage = null;
-        queuedIconBytes = null;
-
         final ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(1 + queuedIconPackage.length() + 1 + 1);
         buf.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
         buf.put(NOTIFICATION_CMD_ICON_REQUEST_ACK);
@@ -2537,6 +2534,9 @@ public abstract class Huami2021Support extends HuamiSupport {
         buf.put((byte) 0x00);
         buf.put((byte) 0x01);
 
+        queuedIconPackage = null;
+        queuedIconBytes = null;
+
         writeToChunked2021("ack icon send", CHUNKED2021_ENDPOINT_NOTIFICATIONS, buf.array(), true);
     }