diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/groupconcat.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/groupconcat.cpp
index 53b88f68e..acc1d0b42 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/groupconcat.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/groupconcat.cpp
@@ -715,13 +715,13 @@ void GroupConcatOrderBy::processRow(const rowgroup::Row& row)
 			fDataQueue.push(fData);
 
 			uint64_t newSize = fRowsPerRG * fRowGroup.getRowSize();
+           	fMemSize += newSize;
 			if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 			{
 				cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
 					 << " @" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__;
 				throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 			}
-			fMemSize += newSize;
 
 			fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
 			fRowGroup.setData(&fData);
@@ -914,6 +914,7 @@ void GroupConcatNoOrder::initialize(const rowgroup::SP_GroupConcat& gcc)
 		fConcatColumns.push_back((*(i++)).second);
 
 	uint64_t newSize = fRowsPerRG * fRowGroup.getRowSize();
+   	fMemSize += newSize;
 	if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 	{
 		cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
@@ -921,7 +922,6 @@ void GroupConcatNoOrder::initialize(const rowgroup::SP_GroupConcat& gcc)
 		throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 	}
 
-	fMemSize += newSize;
 	//fData.reset(new uint8_t[fRowGroup.getDataSize(fRowsPerRG)]);
 	fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
 	fRowGroup.setData(&fData);
@@ -950,13 +950,13 @@ void GroupConcatNoOrder::processRow(const rowgroup::Row& row)
 		{
 			uint64_t newSize = fRowsPerRG * fRowGroup.getRowSize();
 
+           	fMemSize += newSize;
 			if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 			{
 				cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
 					 << " @" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__;
 				throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 			}
-			fMemSize += newSize;
 
 			fDataQueue.push(fData);
 			fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/limitedorderby.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/limitedorderby.cpp
index 2199c7c90..4c19440ee 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/limitedorderby.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/limitedorderby.cpp
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ void LimitedOrderBy::processRow(const rowgroup::Row& row)
 		{
 			fDataQueue.push(fData);
 			uint64_t newSize = fRowsPerRG * fRowGroup.getRowSize();
+            fMemSize += newSize;
 			if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 			{
 				cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
 					 << " @" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__;
 				throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 			}
-			fMemSize += newSize;
 			fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
 			fRowGroup.setData(&fData);
 			fRowGroup.resetRowGroup(0);
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ void LimitedOrderBy::finalize()
 	if (fStart != 0)
 	{
 		uint64_t newSize = fRowsPerRG * fRowGroup.getRowSize();
+        fMemSize += newSize;
 		if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 		{
 			cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
 				 << " @" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__;
 			throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 		}
-		fMemSize += newSize;
 		fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
 		fRowGroup.setData(&fData);
 		fRowGroup.resetRowGroup(0);
@@ -196,13 +196,13 @@ void LimitedOrderBy::finalize()
 			if (fRowGroup.getRowCount() >= fRowsPerRG)
 			{
 				tempQueue.push(fData);
+                fMemSize += newSize;
 				if (!fRm->getMemory(newSize, fSessionMemLimit))
 				{
 					cerr << IDBErrorInfo::instance()->errorMsg(fErrorCode)
 					 << " @" << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__;
 					throw IDBExcept(fErrorCode);
 				}
-				fMemSize += newSize;
 				fData.reinit(fRowGroup, fRowsPerRG);
 				//fData.reset(new uint8_t[fRowGroup.getDataSize(fRowsPerRG)]);
 				fRowGroup.setData(&fData);
diff --git a/dbcon/joblist/windowfunctionstep.cpp b/dbcon/joblist/windowfunctionstep.cpp
index a132009f7..1b42e9fd7 100644
--- a/dbcon/joblist/windowfunctionstep.cpp
+++ b/dbcon/joblist/windowfunctionstep.cpp
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ void WindowFunctionStep::execute()
 			{
 				fInRowGroupData.push_back(rgData);
 				uint64_t memAdd = fRowGroupIn.getSizeWithStrings() + rowCnt * sizeof(RowPosition);
+                fMemUsage += memAdd;
 				if (fRm->getMemory(memAdd, fSessionMemLimit) == false)
 					throw IDBExcept(ERR_WF_DATA_SET_TOO_BIG);
-				fMemUsage += memAdd;
 
 				for (uint64_t j = 0; j < rowCnt; ++j)
 				{
@@ -919,9 +919,9 @@ void WindowFunctionStep::doFunction()
 		while (((i = nextFunctionIndex()) < fFunctionCount) && !cancelled())
 		{
 			uint64_t memAdd = fRows.size() * sizeof(RowPosition);
+            fMemUsage += memAdd;
 			if (fRm->getMemory(memAdd, fSessionMemLimit) == false)
 				throw IDBExcept(ERR_WF_DATA_SET_TOO_BIG);
-			fMemUsage += memAdd;
 			fFunctions[i]->setCallback(this, i);
 			(*fFunctions[i].get())();
 		}