diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
index ceeb4559da..f6ab7fff2c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/fulltext.js
@@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ Zotero.Fulltext = Zotero.FullText = new function(){
 			return false;
 		}
 		
+		var maxLength = Zotero.Prefs.get('fulltext.textMaxLength');
+		if (!maxLength) {
+			Zotero.debug('fulltext.textMaxLength is 0 -- skipping indexing');
+			return false;
+		}
+		
 		if (contentType == 'application/pdf') {
 			return this.indexPDF(path, item.id, complete);
 		}
@@ -523,12 +529,6 @@ Zotero.Fulltext = Zotero.FullText = new function(){
 			return false;
 		}
 		
-		var maxLength = Zotero.Prefs.get('fulltext.textMaxLength');
-		if (!maxLength) {
-			Zotero.debug('fulltext.textMaxLength is 0 -- skipping indexing');
-			return false;
-		}
-		
 		Zotero.debug('Indexing file ' + path);
 		
 		var text;