diff --git a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
index cd70fd851..5f4aad66e 100644
--- a/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
+++ b/server/lib/schedulers/videos-redundancy-scheduler.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export class VideosRedundancyScheduler extends AbstractScheduler {
   }
 
   private async purgeCacheIfNeeded (candidateToDuplicate: CandidateToDuplicate) {
-    while (this.isTooHeavy(candidateToDuplicate)) {
+    while (await this.isTooHeavy(candidateToDuplicate)) {
       const redundancy = candidateToDuplicate.redundancy
       const toDelete = await VideoRedundancyModel.loadOldestLocalThatAlreadyExpired(redundancy.strategy, redundancy.minLifetime)
       if (!toDelete) return