diff --git a/progressbar/__about__.py b/progressbar/__about__.py
index 0e4071ce..276dffae 100644
--- a/progressbar/__about__.py
+++ b/progressbar/__about__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 long running operations.
 '''.strip().split())
 __email__ = 'wolph@wol.ph'
-__version__ = '3.37.0'
+__version__ = '3.37.1'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Rick van Hattem (Wolph)'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/WoLpH/python-progressbar'
diff --git a/progressbar/bar.py b/progressbar/bar.py
index 958f1803..ff29b95f 100644
--- a/progressbar/bar.py
+++ b/progressbar/bar.py
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ def update(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.fd.write(line)
 
     def finish(self, *args, **kwargs):  # pragma: no cover
-        end = kwargs.pop('end', '\n')
-        ProgressBarMixinBase.finish(self, *args, **kwargs)
-
         if self._finished:
             return
 
+        end = kwargs.pop('end', '\n')
+        ProgressBarMixinBase.finish(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
         if end:
             self.fd.write(end)