diff --git a/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc b/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
index 7d23722792c..d15040ea6df 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDSDaemon.cc
@@ -517,18 +517,10 @@ void MDSDaemon::tick()
   // reschedule
   reset_tick();
 
-  if (beacon.is_laggy()) {
-    dout(5) << "tick bailing out since we seem laggy" << dendl;
-    return;
-  }
-
   // Call through to subsystems' tick functions
   if (mds_rank) {
     mds_rank->tick();
   }
-
-  // Expose ourselves to Beacon to update health indicators
-  beacon.notify_health(mds_rank);
 }
 
 /* This function DOES put the passed message before returning*/
diff --git a/src/mds/MDSRank.cc b/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
index 715bf832ec0..8c04b2f3fde 100644
--- a/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
+++ b/src/mds/MDSRank.cc
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ void MDSRankDispatcher::tick()
 {
   heartbeat_reset();
 
+  if (beacon.is_laggy()) {
+    dout(5) << "tick bailing out since we seem laggy" << dendl;
+    return;
+  }
+
   check_ops_in_flight();
 
   // Wake up thread in case we use to be laggy and have waiting_for_nolaggy
@@ -194,6 +199,9 @@ void MDSRankDispatcher::tick()
     if (snapserver)
       snapserver->check_osd_map(false);
   }
+
+  // Expose ourselves to Beacon to update health indicators
+  beacon.notify_health(this);
 }
 
 void MDSRankDispatcher::shutdown()