diff --git a/roomserver/internal/input/input.go b/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
index 005f4f42..232f4feb 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/input/input.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (w *worker) _next() {
 	})
 	msgs, err := w.subscription.Fetch(1, nats.Context(ctx))
 	switch err {
-	case nil, nats.ErrTimeout:
+	case nil:
 		// Is the server shutting down? If so, stop processing.
 		if w.r.ProcessContext.Context().Err() != nil {
 			return
@@ -279,13 +279,7 @@ func (w *worker) _next() {
 		// Make sure that once we're done here, we queue up another call
 		// to _next in the inbox.
 		defer w.Act(nil, w._next)
-
-		// If no error was reported, but we didn't get exactly one message,
-		// then skip over this and try again on the next iteration.
-		if len(msgs) != 1 {
-			return
-		}
-	case context.DeadlineExceeded, context.Canceled:
+	case nats.ErrTimeout, context.DeadlineExceeded, context.Canceled:
 		// Is the server shutting down? If so, stop processing.
 		if w.r.ProcessContext.Context().Err() != nil {
 			return
@@ -335,6 +329,12 @@ func (w *worker) _next() {
 	// Since we either Ack() or Term() the message at this point, we can defer decrementing the room backpressure
 	defer roomserverInputBackpressure.With(prometheus.Labels{"room_id": w.roomID}).Dec()
 
+	// If no error was reported, but we didn't get exactly one message,
+	// then skip over this and try again on the next iteration.
+	if len(msgs) != 1 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Try to unmarshal the input room event. If the JSON unmarshalling
 	// fails then we'll terminate the message — this notifies NATS that
 	// we are done with the message and never want to see it again.