diff --git a/zone/zonedb.cpp b/zone/zonedb.cpp
index 600a462d0..750850d57 100644
--- a/zone/zonedb.cpp
+++ b/zone/zonedb.cpp
@@ -981,8 +981,8 @@ void ZoneDatabase::SaveCharacterTribute(Client* c)
 		}
 	}
 
+	CharacterTributeRepository::DeleteWhere(database, fmt::format("character_id = {}", c->CharacterID()));
 	if (tribute_count > 0) {
-		CharacterTributeRepository::DeleteWhere(database, fmt::format("character_id = {}", c->CharacterID()));
 		CharacterTributeRepository::InsertMany(database, tributes);
 	}
 }