diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/GripperIsHoldingLabware.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/GripperIsHoldingLabware.tsx
index 6f4157bc909..d198dcc8dac 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/GripperIsHoldingLabware.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/GripperIsHoldingLabware.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export function GripperIsHoldingLabware({
     // after the user has extricated the labware from the gripper jaws.
     void handleMotionRouting(true)
       .then(() => homeExceptPlungers())
+      .finally(() => handleMotionRouting(false))
       .then(() => {
         switch (selectedRecoveryOption) {
           case MANUAL_MOVE_AND_SKIP.ROUTE:
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ export function GripperIsHoldingLabware({
           }
         }
       })
-      .finally(() => handleMotionRouting(false))
   }
 
   const primaryOnClick = (): void => {
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/__tests__/GripperIsHoldingLabware.test.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/__tests__/GripperIsHoldingLabware.test.tsx
index 3279bdfea7c..875c79fe09c 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/__tests__/GripperIsHoldingLabware.test.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ErrorRecoveryFlows/shared/__tests__/GripperIsHoldingLabware.test.tsx
@@ -96,16 +96,16 @@ describe('GripperIsHoldingLabware', () => {
       expect(mockHomeExceptPlungers).toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
 
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(mockHandleMotionRouting).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false)
+    })
+
     await waitFor(() => {
       expect(mockProceedToRouteAndStep).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         RECOVERY_MAP.MANUAL_MOVE_AND_SKIP.ROUTE,
         RECOVERY_MAP.MANUAL_MOVE_AND_SKIP.STEPS.MANUAL_MOVE
       )
     })
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(mockHandleMotionRouting).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false)
-    })
   })
 
   it(`proceeds to the correct step when the no option is clicked for ${RECOVERY_MAP.MANUAL_REPLACE_AND_RETRY.ROUTE}`, async () => {