diff --git a/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.incoming-event.ts b/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.incoming-event.ts
index 87bc2418..b5f7d314 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.incoming-event.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/jobs/events.incoming-event.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ function getSessionEndWithPriority(
   return async (args) => {
     const res = await getSessionEnd(args);
 
+    if (count > 10) {
+      throw new Error('Failed to get session end');
+    }
+
     // if we get simultaneous requests we want to avoid race conditions with getting the session end
     // one of the events will get priority and the other will wait for the first to finish
     if (res === null && priority === false) {
@@ -190,10 +194,6 @@ function getSessionEndWithPriority(
       return getSessionEndWithPriority(priority, count + 1)(args);
     }
 
-    if (count > 10) {
-      throw new Error('Failed to get session end');
-    }
-
     return res;
   };
 }