diff --git a/app/jobs/amend_backorder_job.rb b/app/jobs/amend_backorder_job.rb
index 4b85beec15..883bed5328 100644
--- a/app/jobs/amend_backorder_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/amend_backorder_job.rb
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class AmendBackorderJob < ApplicationJob
       user = order.distributor.owner
       urls = nil # Not needed to send order. The backorder id is the URL.
       FdcBackorderer.new(user, urls).send_order(backorder)
-    elsif order.order_cycle.open?
+    elsif !order.order_cycle.closed?
 
-      # We don't have an order to amend but the order cycle is open.
+      # We don't have an order to amend but the order cycle is or will open.
       # We can assume that this job was triggered by an admin creating a new
       # order or adding backorderable items to an order.
       BackorderJob.new.place_backorder(order)