diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_node.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_node.c
index ed4ed0f0fd..c28bc09829 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_node.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_kazoo/kazoo_node.c
@@ -1312,8 +1312,8 @@ static void *SWITCH_THREAD_FUNC handle_node(switch_thread_t *thread, void *obj)
 			}
 		}
 
-		while (switch_queue_trypop(ei_node->send_msgs, &pop) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS
-			   && ++send_msg_count <= kazoo_globals.send_msg_batch) {
+		while (++send_msg_count <= kazoo_globals.send_msg_batch
+			   && switch_queue_trypop(ei_node->send_msgs, &pop) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 			ei_send_msg_t *send_msg = (ei_send_msg_t *) pop;
 			ei_helper_send(ei_node, &send_msg->pid, &send_msg->buf);
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG, "Sent erlang message to %s <%d.%d.%d>\n"