diff --git a/federationapi/internal/perform.go b/federationapi/internal/perform.go
index 1b2a54455..ff00305bf 100644
--- a/federationapi/internal/perform.go
+++ b/federationapi/internal/perform.go
@@ -611,6 +611,11 @@ func (r *FederationInternalAPI) SendInviteV3(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	verImpl, err := gomatrixserverlib.GetRoomVersion(version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	inviter, err := r.rsAPI.QueryUserIDForSender(ctx, *validRoomID, spec.SenderID(event.SenderID))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -638,10 +643,6 @@ func (r *FederationInternalAPI) SendInviteV3(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("r.federation.SendInviteV3: failed to send invite: %w", err)
 	}
-	verImpl, err := gomatrixserverlib.GetRoomVersion(version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 
 	inviteEvent, err := verImpl.NewEventFromUntrustedJSON(inviteRes.Event)
 	if err != nil {