diff --git a/src/libsync/owncloudpropagator.cpp b/src/libsync/owncloudpropagator.cpp
index 2eaed4f02d..8640bbb134 100644
--- a/src/libsync/owncloudpropagator.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/owncloudpropagator.cpp
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ OwncloudPropagator::~OwncloudPropagator()
 /* The maximum number of active job in parallel  */
 int OwncloudPropagator::maximumActiveJob()
 {
+    static int max = qgetenv("OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL").toUInt();
+    if (!max) {
+        max = 3; //default
+    }
+
     if (_downloadLimit != 0 || _uploadLimit != 0) {
         // disable parallelism when there is a network limit.
         return 1;
     }
 
-    static int max = qgetenv("OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL").toUInt();
-    if (!max) {
-        max = 3; //default
-    }
     return max;
 }