diff --git a/src/app/core/services/modal.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/services/modal.service.spec.ts
index 12e140d..6053020 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/modal.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/modal.service.spec.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,21 @@ describe('ModalService', () => {
     expect(ref.dismissReason()).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it('keeps a modal opened synchronously from an afterClosed subscriber', () => {
+    const firstRef = service.open(FirstTestModalComponent);
+    let secondRef: ModalRef | undefined;
+
+    firstRef.afterClosed$.subscribe(() => {
+      secondRef = service.open(SecondTestModalComponent);
+    });
+
+    firstRef.close();
+
+    expect(secondRef).toBeDefined();
+    expect(service.activeModal()?.ref).toBe(secondRef);
+    expect(service.activeModal()?.component).toBe(SecondTestModalComponent);
+  });
+
   it('tracks dismiss reasons when closing programmatically', () => {
     const ref = service.open(FirstTestModalComponent);
     const closedSpy = vi.fn();
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/modal.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/modal.service.ts
index 958631f..fc8abb9 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/modal.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/modal.service.ts
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ export class ModalService {
       return;
     }
 
-    ref.finalize(result);
     this.activeModalState.set(null);
+    ref.finalize(result);
   }
 
   private dismiss<TResult>(
@@ -265,8 +265,8 @@ export class ModalService {
       return;
     }
 
-    ref.finalize(undefined, reason);
     this.activeModalState.set(null);
+    ref.finalize(undefined, reason);
   }
 
   private normalizeConfig<TData>(config: ModalConfig<TData>): NormalizedModalConfig<TData> {