diff --git a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/mercury/streams/streams.go b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/mercury/streams/streams.go
index a0dba9c8ac3..48ee0492f9e 100644
--- a/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/mercury/streams/streams.go
+++ b/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/mercury/streams/streams.go
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ func (s *streams) buildResult(ctx context.Context, i int, checkResult ocr2keeper
 	block := big.NewInt(int64(checkResult.Trigger.BlockNumber))
 	upkeepId := checkResult.UpkeepID
 
-	if s.mercuryConfig.Credentials() == nil {
-		lookupLggr.Errorf("at block %d upkeep %s tries to access mercury server but mercury credential is not configured", block, upkeepId)
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Try to decode the revert error into streams lookup format. User upkeeps can revert with any reason, see if they
 	// tried to call mercury
 	lookupLggr.Infof("at block %d upkeep %s trying to DecodeStreamsLookupRequest performData=%s", block, upkeepId, hexutil.Encode(checkResults[i].PerformData))
@@ -138,6 +133,10 @@ func (s *streams) buildResult(ctx context.Context, i int, checkResult ocr2keeper
 		return
 	}
 	streamsLookupResponse := &mercury.StreamsLookup{StreamsLookupError: streamsLookupErr}
+	if s.mercuryConfig.Credentials() == nil {
+		lookupLggr.Errorf("at block %d upkeep %s tries to access mercury server but mercury credential is not configured", block, upkeepId)
+		return
+	}
 
 	if len(streamsLookupResponse.Feeds) == 0 {
 		checkResults[i].IneligibilityReason = uint8(encoding.UpkeepFailureReasonInvalidRevertDataInput)
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 97ed0a4c7ff..6ffaba8b19b 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sonar.python.version=3.8
 # Full exclusions from the static analysis
 sonar.exclusions=**/node_modules/**/*,**/mocks/**/*, **/testdata/**/*, **/contracts/typechain/**/*, **/contracts/artifacts/**/*, **/contracts/cache/**/*, **/contracts/scripts/**/*, **/generated/**/*, **/fixtures/**/*, **/docs/**/*, **/tools/**/*, **/*.pb.go, **/*report.xml, **/*.config.ts, **/*.txt, **/*.abi, **/*.bin, **/*_codecgen.go, core/services/relay/evm/types/*_gen.go, core/services/relay/evm/types/gen/main.go, core/services/relay/evm/testfiles/*, **/core/web/assets**, core/scripts/chaincli/handler/debug.go
 # Coverage exclusions
-sonar.coverage.exclusions=**/*.test.ts, **/*_test.go, **/contracts/test/**/*, **/contracts/**/tests/**/*, **/core/**/testutils/**/*, **/core/**/mocks/**/*, **/core/**/cltest/**/*, **/integration-tests/**/*, **/generated/**/*, **/core/scripts**/* , **/*.pb.go, ./plugins/**/*, **/main.go, **/0195_add_not_null_to_evm_chain_id_in_job_specs.go
+sonar.coverage.exclusions=**/*.test.ts, **/*_test.go, **/contracts/test/**/*, **/contracts/**/tests/**/*, **/core/**/testutils/**/*, **/core/**/mocks/**/*, **/core/**/cltest/**/*, **/integration-tests/**/*, **/generated/**/*, **/core/scripts**/* , **/*.pb.go, ./plugins/**/*, **/main.go, **/0195_add_not_null_to_evm_chain_id_in_job_specs.go, **/core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evmregistry/v21/mercury/streams/streams.go
 # Duplication exclusions
 sonar.cpd.exclusions=**/contracts/**/*.sol, **/config.go, /core/services/ocr2/plugins/ocr2keeper/evm*/*