diff --git a/src/keri/app/coring.ts b/src/keri/app/coring.ts
index a9e6a3b6..b3b8a0dd 100644
--- a/src/keri/app/coring.ts
+++ b/src/keri/app/coring.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ export class Operations {
             await this.wait(op.metadata.depends, options);
         }
 
+        if (op.done === true) {
+            return op;
+        }
+
         let retries = 0;
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-constant-condition