diff --git a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
index 66d148aecc..5e0b1ec7cb 100644
--- a/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
+++ b/src/gnome-utils/dialog-transfer.c
@@ -1589,6 +1589,12 @@ update_price(XferDialog *xferData, PriceReq *pr)
 
     if (gnc_numeric_equal(pr->reverse ? gnc_numeric_invert(value) : value,
                           price_value))
+    if (gnc_price_get_source(pr->price) < xferData->price_source)
+    {
+        PINFO("Existing price is preferred, so won't supersede.");
+        gnc_price_unref (pr->price);
+        return;
+    }
     {
         PINFO("Same price for %s in %s",
               gnc_commodity_get_mnemonic(pr->from),
@@ -1596,12 +1602,6 @@ update_price(XferDialog *xferData, PriceReq *pr)
         gnc_price_unref (pr->price);
         return;
     }
-    if (gnc_price_get_source(pr->price) < xferData->price_source)
-    {
-        PINFO("Existing price is preferred, so won't supersede.");
-        gnc_price_unref (pr->price);
-        return;
-    }
     gnc_price_begin_edit (pr->price);
     gnc_price_set_time (pr->price, pr->ts);
     gnc_price_set_typestr(pr->price, xferData->price_type);