diff --git a/src/api/server/send.rs b/src/api/server/send.rs
index 86832bc6..e7e4e9fd 100644
--- a/src/api/server/send.rs
+++ b/src/api/server/send.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ async fn handle(
 	pdus: impl Stream<Item = Pdu> + Send,
 	edus: impl Stream<Item = Edu> + Send,
 ) -> Result<ResolvedMap> {
+	edus.for_each_concurrent(automatic_width(), |edu| handle_edu(services, client, origin, edu))
+		.boxed()
+		.await;
+
 	// group pdus by room
 	let pdus = pdus
 		.collect()
@@ -169,11 +173,6 @@ async fn handle(
 		.boxed()
 		.await?;
 
-	// evaluate edus after pdus, at least for now.
-	edus.for_each_concurrent(automatic_width(), |edu| handle_edu(services, client, origin, edu))
-		.boxed()
-		.await;
-
 	Ok(results)
 }