diff --git a/src/sna/sna_composite.c b/src/sna/sna_composite.c
index 60d39cde..c2af3b4e 100644
--- a/src/sna/sna_composite.c
+++ b/src/sna/sna_composite.c
@@ -827,6 +827,10 @@ sna_composite_rectangles(CARD8		 op,
 		goto fallback;
 	}
 
+	/* XXX xserver-1.8: CompositeRects is not tracked by Damage, so we must
+	 * manually append the damaged regions ourselves.
+	 */
+	DamageRegionAppend(&pixmap->drawable, &region);
 	boxes = pixman_region_rectangles(&region, &num_boxes);
 
 	/* If we going to be overwriting any CPU damage with a subsequent
@@ -984,10 +988,6 @@ fallback_composite:
 	}
 
 done:
-	/* XXX xserver-1.8: CompositeRects is not tracked by Damage, so we must
-	 * manually append the damaged regions ourselves.
-	 */
-	DamageRegionAppend(&pixmap->drawable, &region);
 	DamageRegionProcessPending(&pixmap->drawable);
 
 	pixman_region_fini(&region);