diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/peer.rs b/crates/rpc/src/peer.rs
index 57656c7b5c8e24e459e233e19da8e7a03cae9f25..43dc2d21806d4e23cbe3f332ca90d87b21091252 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/peer.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/peer.rs
@@ -194,6 +194,21 @@ impl Peer {
                                 return Ok(())
                             },
                         },
+                        _ = keepalive_timer => {
+                            tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: pinging");
+                            futures::select_biased! {
+                                result = writer.write(proto::Message::Ping).fuse() => {
+                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: done pinging");
+                                    result.context("failed to send keepalive")?;
+                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: resetting after pinging");
+                                    keepalive_timer.set(create_timer(KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL).fuse());
+                                }
+                                _ = create_timer(WRITE_TIMEOUT).fuse() => {
+                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: pinging timed out");
+                                    Err(anyhow!("timed out sending keepalive"))?;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                         incoming = read_message => {
                             let incoming = incoming.context("error reading rpc message from socket")?;
                             tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "incoming rpc message: received");
@@ -219,21 +234,6 @@ impl Peer {
                             }
                             break;
                         },
-                        _ = keepalive_timer => {
-                            tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: pinging");
-                            futures::select_biased! {
-                                result = writer.write(proto::Message::Ping).fuse() => {
-                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: done pinging");
-                                    result.context("failed to send keepalive")?;
-                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: resetting after pinging");
-                                    keepalive_timer.set(create_timer(KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL).fuse());
-                                }
-                                _ = create_timer(WRITE_TIMEOUT).fuse() => {
-                                    tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "keepalive interval: pinging timed out");
-                                    Err(anyhow!("timed out sending keepalive"))?;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
                         _ = receive_timeout => {
                             tracing::debug!(%connection_id, "receive timeout: delay between messages too long");
                             Err(anyhow!("delay between messages too long"))?