diff --git a/components/Chips/src/MDCChipField.m b/components/Chips/src/MDCChipField.m
index b1e4f6bb2c9..6867c043d20 100644
--- a/components/Chips/src/MDCChipField.m
+++ b/components/Chips/src/MDCChipField.m
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ - (CGRect)textRectForBounds:(CGRect)bounds {
 #pragma mark UIKeyInput
 
 - (void)deleteBackward {
-  [super deleteBackward];
   if (self.text.length == 0) {
     [self.deletionDelegate textFieldShouldRespondToDeleteBackward:self];
   }
+  [super deleteBackward];
 }
 
 #if MDC_CHIPFIELD_PRIVATE_API_BUG_FIX && \