diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py b/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
index 067a878d82..3771b80d72 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/run_task_system.py
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ def get_tasks():
 def rebuild_graph(message):
     ''' Regenerate the task graph by refreshing known tasks from Tower, purging orphaned running tasks,
     and creatingdependencies for new tasks before generating directed edge relationships between those tasks '''
-    all_sorted_tasks = get_tasks()
-    if not len(all_sorted_tasks):
-        return None
 
     inspector = inspect()
     if not hasattr(settings, 'IGNORE_CELERY_INSPECTOR'):
@@ -153,6 +150,10 @@ def rebuild_graph(message):
         print("Ignoring celery task inspector")
         active_task_queues = None
 
+    all_sorted_tasks = get_tasks()
+    if not len(all_sorted_tasks):
+        return None
+
     active_tasks = []
     if active_task_queues is not None:
         for queue in active_task_queues: