diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index a78c91e692..eccbd35587 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -250,8 +250,8 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (  # NOQA
-    'awx.main.middleware.MigrationRanCheckMiddleware',
     'awx.main.middleware.TimingMiddleware',
+    'awx.main.middleware.MigrationRanCheckMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',