diff --git a/lib/src/client.dart b/lib/src/client.dart
index 605c2c18..d3eed5c4 100644
--- a/lib/src/client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client.dart
@@ -1852,7 +1852,6 @@ class Client extends MatrixApi {
         return;
       }
       Object? syncError;
-      await _checkSyncFilter();
 
       // The timeout we send to the server for the sync loop. It says to the
       // server that we want to receive an empty sync response after this
@@ -1861,6 +1860,8 @@ class Client extends MatrixApi {
 
       await ensureNotSoftLoggedOut(timeout * 2);
 
+      await _checkSyncFilter();
+
       final syncRequest = sync(
         filter: syncFilterId,
         since: prevBatch,