diff --git a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
index 7545e9223c3..cd7fe5a8ddf 100644
--- a/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/telegram/src/bot.create-telegram-bot.test.ts
@@ -3369,9 +3369,9 @@ describe("createTelegramBot", () => {
 
   it("retries command pagination callbacks after a bubbled preflight failure", async () => {
     const listSkillCommandsMock = listSkillCommandsForAgents as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
-    listSkillCommandsMock.mockClear();
 
     createTelegramBot({ token: "tok" });
+    listSkillCommandsMock.mockClear();
     const callbackHandler = getOnHandler("callback_query");
     const middlewares = middlewareUseSpy.mock.calls
       .map((call) => call[0])