diff --git a/Marlin/src/lcd/dogm/status_screen_DOGM.cpp b/Marlin/src/lcd/dogm/status_screen_DOGM.cpp
index 29acb86941..751d47da55 100644
--- a/Marlin/src/lcd/dogm/status_screen_DOGM.cpp
+++ b/Marlin/src/lcd/dogm/status_screen_DOGM.cpp
@@ -892,6 +892,10 @@ void MarlinUI::draw_status_message(const bool blink) {
     }
     else {
       // String is longer than the available space
+      if (blink != last_blink) {
+        last_blink = blink;
+        advance_status_scroll();
+      }
 
       // Get a pointer to the next valid UTF8 character
       // and the string remaining length
@@ -911,11 +915,6 @@ void MarlinUI::draw_status_message(const bool blink) {
           }
         }
       }
-
-      if (last_blink != blink) {
-        last_blink = blink;
-        advance_status_scroll();
-      }
     }
 
   #else // !STATUS_MESSAGE_SCROLLING