diff --git a/spacy/cli/evaluate.py b/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
index 468698e2f..2c24d8a26 100644
--- a/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
+++ b/spacy/cli/evaluate.py
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ def evaluate(
 def render_parses(docs, output_path, model_name="", limit=250, deps=True, ents=True):
     docs[0].user_data["title"] = model_name
     if ents:
+        html = displacy.render(docs[:limit], style="ent", page=True)
         with (output_path / "entities.html").open("w") as file_:
-            html = displacy.render(docs[:limit], style="ent", page=True)
             file_.write(html)
     if deps:
+        html = displacy.render(
+            docs[:limit], style="dep", page=True, options={"compact": True}
+        )
         with (output_path / "parses.html").open("w") as file_:
-            html = displacy.render(
-                docs[:limit], style="dep", page=True, options={"compact": True}
-            )
             file_.write(html)