diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/contact_create.rb b/app/interactions/actions/contact_create.rb
index 80761c1af..c1b091a1f 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/contact_create.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/contact_create.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ module Actions
     end
 
     def validate_contact
+      return if @error || !contact.valid?
+
       [:regex, :mx].each do |m|
         contact.verify_email(check_level: m, single_email: true)
       end
diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb b/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
index 11477b4c8..a37f81b60 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/contact_update.rb
@@ -126,12 +126,13 @@ module Actions
     end
 
     def validate_contact
+      return if @error || !contact.valid?
+
       [:regex, :mx].each do |m|
         @contact.verify_email(check_level: m, single_email: true)
       end
 
       @contact.remove_force_delete_for_valid_contact
     end
-    end
   end
 end