diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 1e25f745a..d5a04878a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -226,15 +226,15 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_github_grpc_grpc",
+    patch_args = ["-p1"],
+    patches = [
+        "//third_party:grpc.patch",
+    ],
     sha256 = "6dc4f122527670099124a71d8a180b0b074a18efa939173d6c3a0673229f57d3",
     strip_prefix = "grpc-e68ce1164b49529de12fbba63d53f081aef5c90e",
     urls = [
         "https://github.com/grpc/grpc/archive/e68ce1164b49529de12fbba63d53f081aef5c90e.tar.gz",
     ],
-    patch_args = ["-p1"],
-    patches = [
-        "//third_party:grpc.patch",
-    ],
 )
 
 load("@com_github_grpc_grpc//bazel:grpc_deps.bzl", "grpc_deps")