diff --git a/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go b/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
index ab779a5d3..accd39f4d 100644
--- a/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
+++ b/federationsender/queue/destinationqueue.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ func (oq *destinationQueue) backgroundSend() {
 				oq.statistics.Success()
 				// Clean up the in-memory buffers.
 				oq.cleanPendingEDUs()
+			} else {
+				break
 			}
 		}