diff --git a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ames.hoon b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ames.hoon
index 3b501ce3c..75fbe765c 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ames.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/sys/vane/ames.hoon
@@ -2417,6 +2417,15 @@
     ++  on-memo
       |=  [=bone payload=* valence=?(%plea %boon)]
       ^+  peer-core
+      ?:  ?&  (~(has in closing.peer-state) bone)
+              !=(payload [%$ /flow %cork ~])
+          ==
+        ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"ames: ignoring message on closing bone {<bone>}"
+        peer-core
+      ?:  (~(has in corked.peer-state) bone)
+        ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"ames: ignoring message on corked bone {<bone>}"
+        peer-core
+      ::
       =/  =message-blob  (dedup-message (jim payload))
       =.  peer-core  (run-message-pump bone %memo message-blob)
       ::
@@ -2589,14 +2598,6 @@
     ++  run-message-pump
       |=  [=bone task=message-pump-task]
       ^+  peer-core
-      ?:  ?&  (~(has in closing.peer-state) bone)
-              !=(task [%memo ^~((jim [%$ /flow [%cork ~]]))])
-          ==
-        ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"ames: activity on closing bone {<bone>}"
-        peer-core
-      ?:  (~(has in corked.peer-state) bone)
-        ~>  %slog.0^leaf/"ames: activity on corked bone {<bone>}"
-        peer-core
       ::  pass .task to the |message-pump and apply state mutations
       ::
       =/  =message-pump-state