diff --git a/inc/caldav-MKTICKET.php b/inc/caldav-MKTICKET.php
index 8e97ea9b..ce75a911 100644
--- a/inc/caldav-MKTICKET.php
+++ b/inc/caldav-MKTICKET.php
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ foreach( $xmltree->GetContent() AS $k => $v ) {
   }
 }
 
-if ( preg_match( '{^([a-z]+)-(\d+)$}i', $ticket_timeout, $matches ) ) {
+if ( $ticket_timeout == 'infinity' ) {
+  $sql_timeout = null;
+}
+else if ( preg_match( '{^([a-z]+)-(\d+)$}i', $ticket_timeout, $matches ) ) {
   /** It isn't specified, but timeout seems to be 'unit-number' like 'Seconds-3600', so we make it '3600 Seconds' which PostgreSQL understands */
   $sql_timeout = $matches[2] . ' ' . $matches[1];
 }
-else if ( $ticket_timeout == 'infinity' ) {
-  $sql_timeout = null;
-}
 else {
   $sql_timeout = $ticket_timeout;
 }