diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index c05cd9ad..c3715ad0 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -513,14 +513,16 @@ function skipToTime(v, index, sponsorTimes, openNotice) {
 
     setTimeout(() => closeSkipNotice(currentUUID), 7000);
 
-    //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped happened
+    //auto-upvote this sponsor
     if (trackViewCount) {
-      sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
-
-      //upvote this
       vote(1, currentUUID, true);
     }
   }
+
+  //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped happened
+  if (trackViewCount) {
+    sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
+  }
 }
 
 function goBackToPreviousTime(UUID) {