diff --git a/database/redis/notification.go b/database/redis/notification.go
index ebb74f616..f7a343f72 100644
--- a/database/redis/notification.go
+++ b/database/redis/notification.go
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ func getNotificationsInTxWithLimit(ctx context.Context, tx *redis.Tx, to int64,
 
 	response := tx.ZRangeByScore(ctx, notifierNotificationsKey, rng)
 	if response.Err() != nil {
+		if errors.Is(response.Err(), redis.TxFailedErr) {
+			return nil, &transactionError{}
+		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to ZRANGEBYSCORE: %w", response.Err())
 	}
 
@@ -379,9 +382,6 @@ func (connector *DbConnector) fetchNotificationsDo(to int64, limit *int64) ([]*m
 	err := c.Watch(ctx, func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
 		notifications, err := getNotificationsInTxWithLimit(ctx, tx, to, limit)
 		if err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, redis.TxFailedErr) {
-				return &transactionError{}
-			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get notifications with limit in transaction: %w", err)
 		}