diff --git a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
index b4cc54f91c7..3554997aeee 100644
--- a/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
+++ b/jbpm/jbpm-usertask/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/jbpm/usertask/handler/UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener.java
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ public UserTaskKogitoWorkItemHandlerProcessListener(Processes processes) {
     public void onUserTaskState(UserTaskStateEvent event) {
         UserTaskState userTaskState = event.getNewStatus();
 
-        if (!userTaskState.isTerminate()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        LOG.info("onUserTaskState {} on termination trigger {}", event, userTaskState);
-
         String processId = (String) event.getUserTaskInstance().getMetadata().get("ProcessId");
         String processInstanceId = (String) event.getUserTaskInstance().getMetadata().get("ProcessInstanceId");
         ProcessInstance<? extends Model> processInstance = processes.processById(processId).instances().findById(processInstanceId).orElse(null);
@@ -56,6 +50,13 @@ public void onUserTaskState(UserTaskStateEvent event) {
             ((InternalKogitoWorkItem) workItem).setActualOwner(event.getUserTaskInstance().getActualOwner());
             return workItem;
         });
+
+        if (!userTaskState.isTerminate()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        LOG.info("onUserTaskState {} on termination trigger {}", event, userTaskState);
+
         // we check first that the work item is not fished to convey the signal
         Boolean notify = (Boolean) event.getUserTaskInstance().getMetadata().get(DefaultUserTaskLifeCycle.PARAMETER_NOTIFY);
         if (notify != null && !notify) {