diff --git a/ci/publish-crate.sh b/ci/publish-crate.sh
index 8bcd1d87f..b285109c2 100755
--- a/ci/publish-crate.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-crate.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ for Cargo_toml in $Cargo_tomls; do
     exit 1
   }
 
+  crate_name=$(grep -m 1 '^name = ' "$Cargo_toml" | cut -f 3 -d ' ' | tr -d \")
+
+  if [[ $(is_crate_version_uploaded "$crate_name" "$expectedCrateVersion") = True ]] ; then
+    echo "${crate_name} version ${expectedCrateVersion} is already on crates.io"
+    continue
+  fi
+
   (
     set -x
     crate=$(dirname "$Cargo_toml")
@@ -45,13 +52,10 @@ for Cargo_toml in $Cargo_tomls; do
     ci/docker-run.sh "$rust_stable_docker_image" bash -exc "cd $crate; $cargoCommand"
   ) || true # <-- Don't fail.  We want to be able to retry the job in cases when a publish fails halfway due to network/cloud issues
 
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  crate_name=$(grep -m 1 '^name = ' $Cargo_toml | cut -f 3 -d ' ' | tr -d \")
   numRetries=30
   for ((i = 1 ; i <= numRetries ; i++)); do
     echo "Attempt ${i} of ${numRetries}"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    if [[ $(is_crate_version_uploaded $crate_name $expectedCrateVersion) = True ]] ; then
+    if [[ $(is_crate_version_uploaded "$crate_name" "$expectedCrateVersion") = True ]] ; then
       echo "Found ${crate_name} version ${expectedCrateVersion} on crates.io"
       break
     fi