--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/CrashSubmit.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/CrashSubmit.jsm
@@ -339,19 +339,20 @@ Submitter.prototype = {
         });
       }
     });
 
     let p = Promise.all(promises);
     let id = this.id;
 
     if (this.recordSubmission) {
-      p = manager.ensureCrashIsPresent(id).then(() => {
-        return manager.addSubmissionAttempt(id, submissionID, new Date());
-      });
+      p = p.then(() => { return manager.ensureCrashIsPresent(id); })
+           .then(() => {
+             return manager.addSubmissionAttempt(id, submissionID, new Date());
+            });
     }
     p.then(() => { xhr.send(formData); });
     return true;
   },
 
   notifyStatus: function Submitter_notify(status, ret) {
     let propBag = Cc["@mozilla.org/hash-property-bag;1"].
                   createInstance(Ci.nsIWritablePropertyBag2);