diff --git a/src/rt/rust_task.cpp b/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
index 4ce6e44879b..993a6b25cfb 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_task.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ rust_task::fail() {
     // See note in ::kill() regarding who should call this.
     DLOG(sched, task, "task %s @0x%" PRIxPTR " failing", name, this);
     backtrace();
+    die();
     // Unblock the task so it can unwind.
     unblock();
     if (supervisor) {
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ rust_task::fail() {
     if (NULL == supervisor && propagate_failure)
         sched->fail();
     failed = true;
+    notify_tasks_waiting_to_join();
+    yield(4);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
index 662dbe9429a..cf8537ad6d0 100644
--- a/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
+++ b/src/rt/rust_upcall.cpp
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ upcall_fail(rust_task *task,
             size_t line) {
     LOG_UPCALL_ENTRY(task);
     LOG_ERR(task, upcall, "upcall fail '%s', %s:%" PRIdPTR, expr, file, line);
-    task->die();
     task->fail();
-    task->notify_tasks_waiting_to_join();
-    task->yield(4);
 }
 
 /**