diff --git a/urbackupclient/client.cpp b/urbackupclient/client.cpp
index b7c17420..d3951a55 100644
--- a/urbackupclient/client.cpp
+++ b/urbackupclient/client.cpp
@@ -6374,9 +6374,6 @@ void IndexThread::run_sc_refs_cleanup()
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (in_use)
-					continue;
-
 				if (!found_ref)
 				{
 					VSSLog("Reference not found. Iterating over all start tokens and share names for deletion", LL_INFO);
@@ -6422,6 +6419,9 @@ void IndexThread::run_sc_refs_cleanup()
 					}
 				}
 
+				if (in_use)
+					continue;
+
 				retry_all = true;
 				break;
 			}