diff --git a/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb b/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
index 3c0f2c1aa16..52c837ecaf8 100644
--- a/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
+++ b/lib/cooked_post_processor.rb
@@ -642,9 +642,9 @@ class CookedPostProcessor
   end
 
   def disable_if_low_on_disk_space
+    return false if Discourse.store.external?
     return false if !SiteSetting.download_remote_images_to_local
     return false if available_disk_space >= SiteSetting.download_remote_images_threshold
-    return false if Discourse.store.external?
 
     SiteSetting.download_remote_images_to_local = false
     # log the site setting change