diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index 7933b90..bc75898 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
   endif()
 endif()
 
+# Needs to come before SPIR-V Tools
+if ((${TINT_BUILD_SPIRV_TOOLS_FUZZER} OR ${TINT_BUILD_AST_FUZZER}) AND
+    (NOT TARGET protobuf::libprotobuf OR NOT TARGET protobuf::protoc))
+  set(protobuf_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Controls whether protobuf tests are built" FORCE)
+  set(protobuf_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF CACHE BOOL "Controls whether a protobuf static runtime is built" FORCE)
+  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf/cmake)
+endif()
+
 if(${TINT_BUILD_SPV_READER} OR ${TINT_BUILD_SPV_WRITER})
   if (NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${SPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR}")
     set(SPIRV-Headers_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spirv-headers CACHE STRING "Source directory for SPIR-V headers")
@@ -97,10 +105,3 @@
   set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "Controls whether a shared run-time library should be used even when Google Test is built as static library" FORCE)
   add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/googletest EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
-
-if ((${TINT_BUILD_SPIRV_TOOLS_FUZZER} OR ${TINT_BUILD_AST_FUZZER}) AND
-    (NOT TARGET protobuf::libprotobuf OR NOT TARGET protobuf::protoc))
-  set(protobuf_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Controls whether protobuf tests are built" FORCE)
-  set(protobuf_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF CACHE BOOL "Controls whether a protobuf static runtime is built" FORCE)
-  add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protobuf/cmake)
-endif()