diff --git a/extensions/lua/src/lua.rs b/extensions/lua/src/lua.rs
index 776c8ee3983f16d50587c4f9be654ad50a99c9f1..55347e51fb9daff8dd6ca41b242c596bbcd7ea66 100644
--- a/extensions/lua/src/lua.rs
+++ b/extensions/lua/src/lua.rs
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@ impl LuaExtension {
         language_server_id: &LanguageServerId,
         worktree: &zed::Worktree,
     ) -> Result<String> {
+        if let Some(path) = worktree.which("lua-language-server") {
+            return Ok(path);
+        }
+
         if let Some(path) = &self.cached_binary_path {
             if fs::metadata(path).map_or(false, |stat| stat.is_file()) {
                 return Ok(path.clone());
             }
         }
 
-        if let Some(path) = worktree.which("lua-language-server") {
-            self.cached_binary_path = Some(path.clone());
-            return Ok(path);
-        }
-
         zed::set_language_server_installation_status(
             &language_server_id,
             &zed::LanguageServerInstallationStatus::CheckingForUpdate,