diff --git a/plugins/ps/functions.go b/plugins/ps/functions.go
index f2d91baae..3a1b6abd9 100644
--- a/plugins/ps/functions.go
+++ b/plugins/ps/functions.go
@@ -395,6 +395,10 @@ func scaleSet(appName string, skipDeploy bool, processTuples []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if skipDeploy {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if !common.IsDeployed(appName) {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -404,10 +408,6 @@ func scaleSet(appName string, skipDeploy bool, processTuples []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if skipDeploy {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	return common.PlugnTrigger("release-and-deploy", []string{appName, imageTag}...)
 }