diff --git a/packages/core/lib/plugins/segment_destination.dart b/packages/core/lib/plugins/segment_destination.dart
index 501d213..c7532ed 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/plugins/segment_destination.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/plugins/segment_destination.dart
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ class SegmentDestination extends DestinationPlugin with Flushable {
         sentEvents.addAll(batch);
       } catch (e) {
         numFailedEvents += batch.length;
-      } finally {
-        _queuePlugin.dequeue(sentEvents);
       }
     });
 
     if (sentEvents.isNotEmpty) {
+      _queuePlugin.dequeue(sentEvents);
       log("Sent ${sentEvents.length} events", kind: LogFilterKind.debug);
     }