diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.asyncservice.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.asyncservice.inc.php
index 759e2126c0..6c2b4ba8d8 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.asyncservice.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.asyncservice.inc.php
@@ -433,6 +433,15 @@ class asyncservice
 				{
 					$job['data'] += array_diff_key($job,array('data' => false));
 				}
+				// update job before running it, to cope with jobs taking longer then async-frequency
+				if (($job['next'] = $this->next_run($job['times'])))
+				{
+					$this->write($job, True);
+				}
+				else	// no further runs
+				{
+					$this->delete($job['id']);
+				}
 				try
 				{
 					ExecMethod($job['method'],$job['data']);
@@ -442,21 +451,6 @@ class asyncservice
 					// log the exception to error_log, but continue running other async jobs
 					_egw_log_exception($e);
 				}
-				// re-read job, in case it had been updated or even deleted in the method
-				$updated = $this->read($id);
-				if ($updated && isset($updated[$id]))
-				{
-					$job = $updated[$id];
-
-					if ($job['next'] = $this->next_run($job['times']))
-					{
-						$this->write($job,True);
-					}
-					else	// no further runs
-					{
-						$this->delete($job['id']);
-					}
-				}
 			}
 		}
 		$this->last_check_run(True,True,$run_by);	// release semaphore