diff --git a/src/MySqlConnector/Protocol/Serialization/StreamByteHandler.cs b/src/MySqlConnector/Protocol/Serialization/StreamByteHandler.cs
index 9dc68a06e..7bf4e0998 100644
--- a/src/MySqlConnector/Protocol/Serialization/StreamByteHandler.cs
+++ b/src/MySqlConnector/Protocol/Serialization/StreamByteHandler.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ public StreamByteHandler(Stream stream)
 
 	public ValueTask<int> ReadBytesAsync(Memory<byte> buffer, IOBehavior ioBehavior)
 	{
-		return ioBehavior == IOBehavior.Asynchronous ? new ValueTask<int>(DoReadBytesAsync(buffer)) :
+		return
 			RemainingTimeout <= 0 ? ValueTaskExtensions.FromException<int>(MySqlException.CreateForTimeout()) :
+			ioBehavior == IOBehavior.Asynchronous ? new ValueTask<int>(DoReadBytesAsync(buffer)) :
 			m_stream.CanTimeout ? DoReadBytesSync(buffer) :
 			DoReadBytesSyncOverAsync(buffer);