diff --git a/ignite/pkg/cosmosclient/cosmosclient.go b/ignite/pkg/cosmosclient/cosmosclient.go
index 6453656ce3..81be08b7c0 100644
--- a/ignite/pkg/cosmosclient/cosmosclient.go
+++ b/ignite/pkg/cosmosclient/cosmosclient.go
@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ func (c Client) CreateTx(goCtx context.Context, account cosmosaccount.Account, m
 		return TxService{}, err
 	}
 
+	if c.gasAdjustment != 0 && c.gasAdjustment != defaultGasAdjustment {
+		txf = txf.WithGasAdjustment(c.gasAdjustment)
+	}
+
 	var gas uint64
 	if c.gas != "" && c.gas != GasAuto {
 		gas, err = strconv.ParseUint(c.gas, 10, 64)
@@ -595,10 +599,6 @@ func (c Client) CreateTx(goCtx context.Context, account cosmosaccount.Account, m
 		txf = txf.WithGasPrices(c.gasPrices)
 	}
 
-	if c.gasAdjustment != 0 && c.gasAdjustment != defaultGasAdjustment {
-		txf = txf.WithGasAdjustment(c.gasAdjustment)
-	}
-
 	txUnsigned, err := txf.BuildUnsignedTx(msgs...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return TxService{}, errors.WithStack(err)