diff --git a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
index b63684dda..96b00fa9d 100644
--- a/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
+++ b/src/integrationtest/org/apache/poi/TestAllFiles.java
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ public class TestAllFiles {
             try {
                 handler.handleFile(stream);
 
-                assertFalse("Expected to fail for file " + file + " and handler " + handler + ", but did not fail!", 
-                        EXPECTED_FAILURES.contains(file));
                 assertFalse("Expected to fail for file " + file + " and handler " + handler + ", but did not fail!", 
                         OLD_FILES.contains(file));
             } finally {
@@ -293,6 +291,9 @@ public class TestAllFiles {
             }
 
             handler.handleExtracting(inputFile);
+
+            assertFalse("Expected to fail for file " + file + " and handler " + handler + ", but did not fail!", 
+                    EXPECTED_FAILURES.contains(file));
         } catch (OldWordFileFormatException e) {
             // for old word files we should still support extracting text
             if(OLD_FILES.contains(file)) {