diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
index 24dee2a4..6bad7f7c 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Utils/AvatarUtils.cs
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
                     throw Errors.AvatarServerError(response.StatusCode);
                 if (response.Content.Headers.ContentLength == null) // Check presence of content length
                     throw Errors.AvatarNotAnImage(null);
-                if (response.Content.Headers.ContentLength > Limits.AvatarFileSizeLimit) // Check content length
-                    throw Errors.AvatarFileSizeLimit(response.Content.Headers.ContentLength.Value);
                 if (!acceptableMimeTypes.Contains(response.Content.Headers.ContentType.MediaType)) // Check MIME type
                     throw Errors.AvatarNotAnImage(response.Content.Headers.ContentType.MediaType);
 
@@ -45,6 +43,9 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot {
                     // no need to do size checking on banners
                     return;
 
+                if (response.Content.Headers.ContentLength > Limits.AvatarFileSizeLimit) // Check content length
+                    throw Errors.AvatarFileSizeLimit(response.Content.Headers.ContentLength.Value);
+
                 // Parse the image header in a worker
                 var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
                 var image = await Task.Run(() => Image.Identify(stream));