diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/argon2/argon2.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/argon2/argon2.c
index b3bee574..c6277fc8 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/argon2/argon2.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/argon2/argon2.c
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ argon2_hash(const uint32_t t_cost, const uint32_t m_cost,
         return result;
     }
 
-    /* if raw hash requested, write it */
-    if (hash) {
-        memcpy(hash, out, hashlen);
-    }
-
     /* if encoding requested, write it */
     if (encoded && encodedlen) {
         if (argon2_encode_string(encoded, encodedlen,
@@ -150,6 +145,11 @@ argon2_hash(const uint32_t t_cost, const uint32_t m_cost,
         }
     }
 
+    /* if raw hash requested, write it */
+    if (hash) {
+        memcpy(hash, out, hashlen);
+    }
+
     sodium_memzero(out, hashlen);
     free(out);