diff --git a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
index cc608b35f..6ece675af 100644
--- a/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
+++ b/src/deploy-tes-on-azure/Deployer.cs
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ private async Task BuildPushAcrAsync(Dictionary<string, string> settings, string
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    canReturnEarly = sameVersionUpgrade && !tesUpgraded && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings["ActualTesImageName"]);
+                    canReturnEarly = !acrRequested && sameVersionUpgrade && !tesUpgraded && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings["ActualTesImageName"]);
                 }
 
                 if (canReturnEarly)