diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/CachedAppOptimizer.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/CachedAppOptimizer.java
index 8112bb8..cd0d5b4 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/CachedAppOptimizer.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/CachedAppOptimizer.java
@@ -777,27 +777,27 @@
         long freezeTime = app.freezeUnfreezeTime;
 
         try {
+            freezeBinder(app.pid, false);
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            Slog.e(TAG_AM, "Unable to unfreeze binder for " + app.pid + " " + app.processName
+                    + ". Killing it");
+            app.kill("Unable to unfreeze",
+                    ApplicationExitInfo.REASON_OTHER,
+                    ApplicationExitInfo.SUBREASON_INVALID_STATE, true);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
             Process.setProcessFrozen(app.pid, app.uid, false);
 
             app.freezeUnfreezeTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
             app.frozen = false;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Slog.e(TAG_AM, "Unable to unfreeze " + app.pid + " " + app.processName
-                    + ". Any related user experience might be hanged.");
+                    + ". This might cause inconsistency or UI hangs.");
         }
 
         if (!app.frozen) {
-            try {
-                freezeBinder(app.pid, false);
-            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-                Slog.e(TAG_AM, "Unable to unfreeze binder for " + app.pid + " " + app.processName
-                        + ". Killing it");
-                app.kill("Unable to unfreeze",
-                        ApplicationExitInfo.REASON_OTHER,
-                        ApplicationExitInfo.SUBREASON_INVALID_STATE, true);
-                return;
-            }
-
             if (DEBUG_FREEZER) {
                 Slog.d(TAG_AM, "sync unfroze " + app.pid + " " + app.processName);
             }
@@ -1110,14 +1110,6 @@
                     return;
                 }
 
-                try {
-                    freezeBinder(pid, true);
-                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-                    // TODO: it might be preferable to kill the target pid in this case
-                    Slog.e(TAG_AM, "Unable to freeze binder for " + pid + " " + name);
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 if (pid == 0 || proc.frozen) {
                     // Already frozen or not a real process, either one being
                     // launched or one being killed
@@ -1146,6 +1138,15 @@
 
                 EventLog.writeEvent(EventLogTags.AM_FREEZE, pid, name);
 
+                try {
+                    freezeBinder(pid, true);
+                } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                    Slog.e(TAG_AM, "Unable to freeze binder for " + pid + " " + name);
+                    proc.kill("Unable to freeze binder interface",
+                            ApplicationExitInfo.REASON_OTHER,
+                            ApplicationExitInfo.SUBREASON_INVALID_STATE, true);
+                }
+
                 // See above for why we're not taking mPhenotypeFlagLock here
                 if (mRandom.nextFloat() < mFreezerStatsdSampleRate) {
                     FrameworkStatsLog.write(FrameworkStatsLog.APP_FREEZE_CHANGED,