diff --git a/src/internal/operations/backup.go b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
index 49bd5d7f0..5095ee8db 100644
--- a/src/internal/operations/backup.go
+++ b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	// Select an appropriate rate limiter for the service.
 	ctx = op.bp.SetRateLimiter(ctx, op.Selectors.PathService(), op.Options)
 
+	// For exchange, rate limits are enforced on a mailbox level. Reset the
+	// rate limiter so that it doesn't accidentally throttle following mailboxes.
+	// This is a no-op if we are using token bucket limiter since it refreshes
+	// tokens on a fixed per second basis.
+	defer graph.ResetLimiter(ctx)
+
 	// Check if the protected resource has the service enabled in order for us
 	// to run a backup.
 	enabled, err := op.bp.IsServiceEnabled(
@@ -328,12 +334,6 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		logger.Ctx(ctx).Infow("completed backup", "results", op.Results)
 	}
 
-	// For exchange, rate limits are enforced on a mailbox level. Reset the
-	// rate limiter so that it doesn't accidentally throttle following mailboxes.
-	// This is a no-op if we are using token bucket limiter since it refreshes
-	// tokens on a fixed per second basis.
-	graph.ResetLimiter(ctx)
-
 	return op.Errors.Failure()
 }