diff --git a/extension/src/plots/webview/messages.ts b/extension/src/plots/webview/messages.ts
index 855b7682b3..b7a285815a 100644
--- a/extension/src/plots/webview/messages.ts
+++ b/extension/src/plots/webview/messages.ts
@@ -345,12 +345,6 @@ export class WebviewMessages {
   }
 
   private async exportPlotAsRawData(plotId: string, data?: PlainObject) {
-    sendTelemetryEvent(
-      EventName.VIEWS_PLOTS_EXPORT_PLOT_AS_RAW_DATA,
-      undefined,
-      undefined
-    )
-
     const file = await window.showSaveDialog({
       defaultUri: Uri.file('data.json'),
       filters: { JSON: ['json'] }
@@ -360,6 +354,12 @@ export class WebviewMessages {
       return
     }
 
+    sendTelemetryEvent(
+      EventName.VIEWS_PLOTS_EXPORT_PLOT_AS_RAW_DATA,
+      undefined,
+      undefined
+    )
+
     const selectedRevisions = this.plots.getSelectedRevisionDetails()
 
     this.plots.saveAsPlotRawData(selectedRevisions, plotId, file.path, data)
diff --git a/extension/src/test/suite/plots/index.test.ts b/extension/src/test/suite/plots/index.test.ts
index e6a899d1d0..a0a0e1ce3a 100644
--- a/extension/src/test/suite/plots/index.test.ts
+++ b/extension/src/test/suite/plots/index.test.ts
@@ -507,12 +507,7 @@ suite('Plots Test Suite', () => {
 
       expect(mockWriteJson).not.to.be.calledOnce
       expect(mockOpenFile).not.to.be.calledOnce
-      expect(mockSendTelemetryEvent).to.be.called
-      expect(mockSendTelemetryEvent).to.be.calledWithExactly(
-        EventName.VIEWS_PLOTS_EXPORT_PLOT_AS_RAW_DATA,
-        undefined,
-        undefined
-      )
+      expect(mockSendTelemetryEvent).not.to.be.called
 
       const exportFileEvent = new Promise(resolve =>
         mockShowSaveDialog.onSecondCall().callsFake(() => {