diff --git a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
index 92da56e5653..6d6df20817f 100644
--- a/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-connections/src/stores/connections-store-redux.ts
@@ -1703,14 +1703,6 @@ const connectWithOptions = (
           return;
         }
 
-        // We're trying to optimise the initial Compass loading times here: to
-        // make sure that the driver connection pool doesn't immediately get
-        // overwhelmed with requests, we fetch instance info only once and then
-        // pass it down to telemetry and instance model. This is a relatively
-        // expensive dataService operation so we're trying to keep the usage
-        // very limited
-        const instanceInfo = await dataService.instance();
-
         let showedNonRetryableErrorToast = false;
         // Listen for non-retry-able errors on failed server heartbeats.
         // These can happen on compass web when:
@@ -1781,6 +1773,14 @@ const connectWithOptions = (
 
         DataServiceForConnection.set(connectionInfo.id, dataService);
 
+        // We're trying to optimise the initial Compass loading times here: to
+        // make sure that the driver connection pool doesn't immediately get
+        // overwhelmed with requests, we fetch instance info only once and then
+        // pass it down to telemetry and instance model. This is a relatively
+        // expensive dataService operation so we're trying to keep the usage
+        // very limited
+        const instanceInfo = await dataService.instance();
+
         try {
           await dispatch(
             saveConnectionInfo(