diff --git a/packages/react-relay/classic/network/RelayNetworkLayer.js b/packages/react-relay/classic/network/RelayNetworkLayer.js
index f99a83b432557..af910597af148 100644
--- a/packages/react-relay/classic/network/RelayNetworkLayer.js
+++ b/packages/react-relay/classic/network/RelayNetworkLayer.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class RelayNetworkLayer {
   }
 
   sendQueries(queryRequests: Array<RelayQueryRequest>): void {
+    profileQueue(queryRequests);
     const implementation = this._getImplementation();
     this._subscribers.forEach(({queryCallback}) => {
       if (queryCallback) {
@@ -145,7 +146,6 @@ class RelayNetworkLayer {
       this._queue = currentQueue;
       resolveImmediate(() => {
         this._queue = null;
-        profileQueue(currentQueue);
         this.sendQueries(currentQueue);
       });
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-relay/classic/network/__tests__/RelayNetworkLayer-test.js b/packages/react-relay/classic/network/__tests__/RelayNetworkLayer-test.js
index 6203c8bb56b44..0bbd4a2cebd8a 100644
--- a/packages/react-relay/classic/network/__tests__/RelayNetworkLayer-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-relay/classic/network/__tests__/RelayNetworkLayer-test.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jest.unmock('RelayNetworkLayer');
 
 const Deferred = require('Deferred');
 const RelayNetworkLayer = require('RelayNetworkLayer');
+const RelayQuery = require('RelayQuery');
+const RelayQueryRequest = require('RelayQueryRequest');
 const RelayTestUtils = require('RelayTestUtils');
 
 describe('RelayNetworkLayer', () => {
@@ -224,10 +226,10 @@ describe('RelayNetworkLayer', () => {
     it('calls subscriber with query', () => {
       expect(queryCallback).not.toBeCalled();
 
-      const deferred1 = new Deferred();
-      const deferred2 = new Deferred();
-      deferred2.done(jest.fn(), jest.fn());
-      networkLayer.sendQueries([deferred1, deferred2]);
+      const request1 = new RelayQueryRequest(new RelayQuery.Root());
+      const request2 = new RelayQueryRequest(new RelayQuery.Root());
+      request2.done(jest.fn(), jest.fn());
+      networkLayer.sendQueries([request1, request2]);
       const pendingQueries = injectedNetworkLayer.sendQueries.mock.calls[0][0];
       const response = 'response';
       pendingQueries[0].resolve(response);
@@ -255,10 +257,10 @@ describe('RelayNetworkLayer', () => {
     it('does not call subscriber once it is removed', () => {
       changeSubscriber.remove();
 
-      const deferred1 = new Deferred();
-      const deferred2 = new Deferred();
-      networkLayer.sendQueries([deferred1]);
-      networkLayer.sendMutation(deferred2);
+      const request1 = new RelayQueryRequest(new RelayQuery.Root());
+      const request2 = new RelayQueryRequest(new RelayQuery.Root());
+      networkLayer.sendQueries([request1]);
+      networkLayer.sendMutation(request2);
       const pendingQuery = injectedNetworkLayer.sendQueries.mock.calls[0][0][0];
       pendingQuery.resolve('response');
       const pendingMutation =