diff --git a/src/message/fetchActions.js b/src/message/fetchActions.js
index efddce93243..c58edd1f819 100644
--- a/src/message/fetchActions.js
+++ b/src/message/fetchActions.js
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ export async function tryFetch<T>(func: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
           if (isClientError(e)) {
             throw e;
           }
-          await backoffMachine.wait();
         }
+        await backoffMachine.wait();
       }
       // Without this, Flow 0.92.1 does not know this code is unreachable,
       // and it incorrectly thinks Promise<undefined> could be returned,