diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCompleteWork.new.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCompleteWork.new.js
index e85af7d9f5dba..858f8e76fb75c 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCompleteWork.new.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactFiberCompleteWork.new.js
@@ -1191,6 +1191,15 @@ function completeWork(
         }
       }
 
+      // If the suspended state of the boundary changes, we need to schedule
+      // a passive effect, which is when we process the transitions
+      if (nextDidTimeout !== prevDidTimeout) {
+        if (enableTransitionTracing) {
+          const offscreenFiber: Fiber = (workInProgress.child: any);
+          offscreenFiber.flags |= Passive;
+        }
+      }
+
       // If the suspended state of the boundary changes, we need to schedule
       // an effect to toggle the subtree's visibility. When we switch from
       // fallback -> primary, the inner Offscreen fiber schedules this effect
@@ -1206,12 +1215,6 @@ function completeWork(
         const offscreenFiber: Fiber = (workInProgress.child: any);
         offscreenFiber.flags |= Visibility;
 
-        // If the suspended state of the boundary changes, we need to schedule
-        // a passive effect, which is when we process the transitions
-        if (enableTransitionTracing) {
-          offscreenFiber.flags |= Passive;
-        }
-
         // TODO: This will still suspend a synchronous tree if anything
         // in the concurrent tree already suspended during this render.
         // This is a known bug.