diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/CardinalityRateLimiter.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/CardinalityRateLimiter.java
index 394ad28bf..96acef4a5 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/CardinalityRateLimiter.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/CardinalityRateLimiter.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class CardinalityRateLimiter {
         connection.sync().expire(hllKey, ttl.toSeconds());
       }
 
-      return changed && cardinality > maxCardinality;
+      return cardinality > maxCardinality;
     });
 
     if (rateLimitExceeded) {