diff --git a/provisioner/terraform/executor.go b/provisioner/terraform/executor.go
index 8a2d10727c5bf..3061f94519d84 100644
--- a/provisioner/terraform/executor.go
+++ b/provisioner/terraform/executor.go
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ func (e executor) stateResources(ctx, killCtx context.Context) ([]*proto.Resourc
 }
 
 func (e executor) state(ctx, killCtx context.Context) (*tfjson.State, error) {
-	args := []string{"show", "-json"}
+	args := []string{"show", "-json", "-no-color"}
 	state := &tfjson.State{}
 	err := e.execParseJSON(ctx, killCtx, args, e.basicEnv(), state)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/provisionerd/runner/runner.go b/provisionerd/runner/runner.go
index c90df310576d1..18b7e881d7c82 100644
--- a/provisionerd/runner/runner.go
+++ b/provisionerd/runner/runner.go
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ func (r *Runner) ForceStop() {
 }
 
 func (r *Runner) update(ctx context.Context, u *proto.UpdateJobRequest) (*proto.UpdateJobResponse, error) {
+	ctx, span := r.startTrace(ctx, tracing.FuncName())
+	defer span.End()
+
 	r.mutex.Lock()
 	defer r.mutex.Unlock()
 	if !r.okToSend {
@@ -248,9 +251,6 @@ func (r *Runner) doCleanFinish(ctx context.Context) {
 		completedJob *proto.CompletedJob
 	)
 
-	ctx, span := r.startTrace(ctx, tracing.FuncName())
-	defer span.End()
-
 	// push the fail/succeed write onto the defer stack before the cleanup, so
 	// that cleanup happens before this.
 	defer func() {