diff --git a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
index 2f074500f..014ec8afc 100644
--- a/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
+++ b/freqtrade/optimize/backtesting.py
@@ -362,16 +362,6 @@ class Backtesting:
 
         if sell.sell_flag:
             trade.close_date = sell_candle_time
-            trade.sell_reason = sell.sell_reason
-
-            # Checks and adds an exit tag, after checking that the length of the
-            # sell_row has the length for an exit tag column
-            if(
-                len(sell_row) > EXIT_TAG_IDX
-                and sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX] is not None
-                and len(sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX]) > 0
-            ):
-                trade.sell_reason = sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX]
 
             trade_dur = int((trade.close_date_utc - trade.open_date_utc).total_seconds() // 60)
             closerate = self._get_close_rate(sell_row, trade, sell, trade_dur)
@@ -386,6 +376,17 @@ class Backtesting:
                     current_time=sell_candle_time):
                 return None
 
+            trade.sell_reason = sell.sell_reason
+
+            # Checks and adds an exit tag, after checking that the length of the
+            # sell_row has the length for an exit tag column
+            if(
+                len(sell_row) > EXIT_TAG_IDX
+                and sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX] is not None
+                and len(sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX]) > 0
+            ):
+                trade.sell_reason = sell_row[EXIT_TAG_IDX]
+
             trade.close(closerate, show_msg=False)
             return trade