diff --git a/mempool/check_tx.go b/mempool/check_tx.go
index 33eeb12..0700a21 100644
--- a/mempool/check_tx.go
+++ b/mempool/check_tx.go
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ func NewCheckTxHandler(mempool *ExperimentalEVMMempool) types.CheckTxHandler {
 					return sdkerrors.ResponseCheckTxWithEvents(err, gInfo.GasWanted, gInfo.GasUsed, anteEvents, false), nil
 				}
 			}
+			// If its already known, this can mean the the tx was promoted from nonce gap to valid
+			// and by allowing ErrAlreadyKnown to be silent, we allow re-gossiping of such txs
+			// this also covers the case of re-submission of the same tx enforcing overpricing for replacement
+			if errors.Is(err, txpool.ErrAlreadyKnown) {
+				return sdkerrors.ResponseCheckTxWithEvents(nil, gInfo.GasWanted, gInfo.GasUsed, anteEvents, false), nil
+			}
+
 			// anything else, return regular error
 			return sdkerrors.ResponseCheckTxWithEvents(err, gInfo.GasWanted, gInfo.GasUsed, anteEvents, false), nil
 		}
-		// If its already known, this can mean the the tx was promoted from nonce gap to valid
-		// and by allowing ErrAlreadyKnown to be silent, we allow re-gossiping of such txs
-		// this also covers the case of re-submission of the same tx enforcing overpricing for replacement
-		if errors.Is(err, txpool.ErrAlreadyKnown) {
-			return sdkerrors.ResponseCheckTxWithEvents(nil, gInfo.GasWanted, gInfo.GasUsed, anteEvents, false), nil
-		}
 
 		return &abci.ResponseCheckTx{
 			GasWanted: int64(gInfo.GasWanted), // #nosec G115 -- this is copied from the Cosmos SDK