update-with-new-tag.diff

diff --git a/utils/update_checkout/update_checkout/update_checkout.py b/utils/update_checkout/update_checkout/update_checkout.py
index 56e7ea24d4..54fcb18107 100755
--- a/utils/update_checkout/update_checkout/update_checkout.py
+++ b/utils/update_checkout/update_checkout/update_checkout.py
@@ -117,17 +117,17 @@ def update_single_repository(pool_args):
                 except Exception:
                     pass
 
-            if checkout_target:
-                shell.run(['git', 'status', '--porcelain', '-uno'],
-                          echo=False)
-                shell.run(['git', 'checkout', checkout_target], echo=True)
-
             # It's important that we checkout, fetch, and rebase, in order.
             # .git/FETCH_HEAD updates the not-for-merge attributes based on
             # which branch was checked out during the fetch.
             shell.run(["git", "fetch", "--recurse-submodules=yes", "--tags"],
                       echo=True)
 
+            if checkout_target:
+                shell.run(['git', 'status', '--porcelain', '-uno'],
+                          echo=False)
+                shell.run(['git', 'checkout', checkout_target], echo=True)
+
             # If we were asked to reset to the specified branch, do the hard
             # reset and return.
             if checkout_target and reset_to_remote and not cross_repo: