diff --git a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/components/compare-file-input/compare-file-input.component.ts b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/components/compare-file-input/compare-file-input.component.ts
index 59f9ab9b0..aaa5c0ad2 100644
--- a/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/components/compare-file-input/compare-file-input.component.ts
+++ b/apps/red-ui/src/app/modules/pdf-viewer/components/compare-file-input/compare-file-input.component.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ export class CompareFileInputComponent {
 
     async #createDocumentsAndCompare(buffer: ArrayBuffer, fileName: string) {
         const currentBlob = await this._documentViewer.blob();
-        this._documentViewer.close();
-
         const pdfNet = this._pdf.PDFNet;
 
         const compareDocument = await pdfNet.PDFDoc.createFromBuffer(buffer);
@@ -78,6 +76,7 @@ export class CompareFileInputComponent {
             }
         }
 
+        this._documentViewer.close();
         await this.#loadCompareDocument(currentDocument, compareDocument);
     }