diff --git a/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp b/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
index bee4d69b47d..2e9635fc886 100644
--- a/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
+++ b/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
@@ -2642,12 +2642,11 @@ class CWSCAsyncFor : implements IWSCAsyncFor, public CInterface, public CAsyncFo
                 {
                     // other roxie exception ...
                     master->logctx.CTXLOG("Exiting: received Roxie exception");
+                    master->activitySpanScope->recordException(e, true, true);
                     if (e->errorRow())
                         processException(url, e->errorRow(), e);
                     else
                         processException(url, inputRows, e);
-
-                    master->activitySpanScope->recordException(e, true, true);
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -2657,10 +2656,10 @@ class CWSCAsyncFor : implements IWSCAsyncFor, public CInterface, public CAsyncFo
                     persistentHandler->doneUsing(socket, false);
                 if (master->timeLimitExceeded)
                 {
-                    processException(url, inputRows, e);
                     VStringBuffer msg("%s exiting: time limit (%ums) exceeded", getWsCallTypeName(master->wscType), master->timeLimitMS);
                     master->logctx.CTXLOG("%s", msg.str());
                     master->activitySpanScope->recordError(SpanError(msg.str(), e->errorCode(), true, true));
+                    processException(url, inputRows, e);
                     break;
                 }