diff --git a/orchagent/orchdaemon.cpp b/orchagent/orchdaemon.cpp
index 2a06c5595234..eec6a6bd0bd3 100644
--- a/orchagent/orchdaemon.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/orchdaemon.cpp
@@ -466,6 +466,12 @@ void OrchDaemon::start()
 
         if (ret == Select::TIMEOUT)
         {
+            /* Let sairedis to flush all SAI function call to ASIC DB.
+             * Normally the redis pipeline will flush when enough request
+             * accumulated. Still it is possible that small amount of
+             * requests live in it. When the daemon has nothing to do, it
+             * is a good chance to flush the pipeline  */
+            flush();
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -479,14 +485,6 @@ void OrchDaemon::start()
         for (Orch *o : m_orchList)
             o->doTask();
 
-        /* Let sairedis to flush all SAI function call to ASIC DB.
-         * Normally the redis pipeline will flush when enough request
-         * accumulated. Still it is possible that small amount of
-         * requests live in it. When the daemon has finished events/tasks, it
-         * is a good chance to flush the pipeline before next select happened.
-         */
-        flush();
-
         /*
          * Asked to check warm restart readiness.
          * Not doing this under Select::TIMEOUT condition because of