Fixes crash when printing a related error message later on.

Fixes #20789.

Change-Id: I6d2c35aafcaeda26a211fc6c8b7dfe4a095a3efe
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/46713
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Reviewed-by: Josh Bleecher Snyder <josharian@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
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