diff --git a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py
index 57d3cd475cb..e4d34bba500 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py
@@ -700,15 +700,15 @@ def _run_job(self, expanded_arg, cmd_copy):
             elif cmd_copy.no_wait_param and getattr(expanded_arg, cmd_copy.no_wait_param, False):
                 result = None
 
-            transform_op = cmd_copy.command_kwargs.get('transform', None)
-            if transform_op:
-                result = transform_op(result)
-
             if _is_poller(result):
                 result = LongRunningOperation(cmd_copy.cli_ctx, 'Starting {}'.format(cmd_copy.name))(result)
             elif _is_paged(result):
                 result = list(result)
 
+            transform_op = cmd_copy.command_kwargs.get('transform', None)
+            if transform_op:
+                result = transform_op(result)
+
             result = todict(result, AzCliCommandInvoker.remove_additional_prop_layer)
             event_data = {'result': result}
             cmd_copy.cli_ctx.raise_event(EVENT_INVOKER_TRANSFORM_RESULT, event_data=event_data)