diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/import.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/import.py
index 6f0df203960..19a67b4b290 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/import.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/import.py
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ class ImportTest(SanityMultipleVersion):
             if virtualenv_yaml is False:
                 display.warning(f'Sanity test "{self.name}" ({import_type}) on Python {python.version} may be slow due to missing libyaml support in PyYAML.')
 
-            if args.prime_venvs:
-                continue
-
             env = ansible_environment(args, color=False)
 
             env.update(
@@ -156,6 +153,9 @@ class ImportTest(SanityMultipleVersion):
                     PYTHONPATH=':'.join((get_ansible_test_python_path(), env["PYTHONPATH"])),
                 )
 
+            if args.prime_venvs:
+                continue
+
             display.info(import_type + ': ' + data, verbosity=4)
 
             cmd = ['importer.py']