Swap the order for the validate_cache checks.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/bot/utils/redis_cache.py b/bot/utils/redis_cache.py
index a1196fcb5..895a12da4 100644
--- a/bot/utils/redis_cache.py
+++ b/bot/utils/redis_cache.py
@@ -129,20 +129,20 @@ class RedisCache:
 
     async def _validate_cache(self) -> None:
         """Validate that the RedisCache is ready to be used."""
-        if self.bot is None:
+        if self._namespace is None:
             error_message = (
-                "Critical error: RedisCache has no `Bot` instance. "
-                "This happens when the class RedisCache was created in doesn't "
-                "have a Bot instance. Please make sure that you're instantiating "
-                "the RedisCache inside a class that has a Bot instance attribute."
+                "Critical error: RedisCache has no namespace. "
+                "This object must be initialized as a class attribute."
             )
             log.error(error_message)
             raise RuntimeError(error_message)
 
-        if self._namespace is None:
+        if self.bot is None:
             error_message = (
-                "Critical error: RedisCache has no namespace. "
-                "This object must be initialized as a class attribute."
+                "Critical error: RedisCache has no `Bot` instance. "
+                "This happens when the class RedisCache was created in doesn't "
+                "have a Bot instance. Please make sure that you're instantiating "
+                "the RedisCache inside a class that has a Bot instance attribute."
             )
             log.error(error_message)
             raise RuntimeError(error_message)