diff --git a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
index 4ba41a4ab..59a8bd5d1 100644
--- a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
+++ b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_cluster/mod.rs
@@ -1516,7 +1516,6 @@ impl KafkaSinkCluster {
         // Take this response as base.
         // Then iterate over all remaining combined responses and integrate them into the base.
         let mut base = drain.next().unwrap();
-        base.invalidate_cache();
 
         match base.frame() {
             Some(Frame::Kafka(KafkaFrame::Response {
@@ -1534,6 +1533,8 @@ impl KafkaSinkCluster {
             }
         }
 
+        base.invalidate_cache();
+
         Ok(base)
     }