diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/go/cost_center.go b/components/gitpod-db/go/cost_center.go
index 48596e40ac828e..728bafe481fe87 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/go/cost_center.go
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/go/cost_center.go
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ func (c *CostCenterManager) IncrementBillingCycle(ctx context.Context, attributi
 	}
 	now := time.Now().UTC()
 	if cc.NextBillingTime.Time().After(now) {
-		return CostCenter{}, status.Errorf(codes.FailedPrecondition, "cannot increment billing cycle before next billing time")
+		log.Infof("Cost center %s is not yet expired. Skipping increment.", attributionId)
+		return cc, nil
 	}
 	billingCycleStart := NewVarCharTime(now)
 	if cc.NextBillingTime.IsSet() {
diff --git a/components/usage/pkg/apiv1/billing.go b/components/usage/pkg/apiv1/billing.go
index 98a2ed3bfdcc89..0dbf8fe3c9c6b9 100644
--- a/components/usage/pkg/apiv1/billing.go
+++ b/components/usage/pkg/apiv1/billing.go
@@ -299,12 +299,13 @@ func (s *BillingService) FinalizeInvoice(ctx context.Context, in *v1.FinalizeInv
 		logger.WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to insert Invoice usage record into the db.")
 		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Failed to insert Invoice into usage records.")
 	}
+	logger.WithField("usage_id", usage.ID).Infof("Inserted usage record into database for %f credits against %s attribution", usage.CreditCents.ToCredits(), usage.AttributionID)
+
 	_, err = s.ccManager.IncrementBillingCycle(ctx, usage.AttributionID)
 	if err != nil {
+		// we are just logging at this point, so that we don't see the event again as the usage has been recorded.
 		logger.WithError(err).Errorf("Failed to increment billing cycle.")
-		return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "Failed to increment billing cycle.")
 	}
-	logger.WithField("usage_id", usage.ID).Infof("Inserted usage record into database for %f credits against %s attribution", usage.CreditCents.ToCredits(), usage.AttributionID)
 	return &v1.FinalizeInvoiceResponse{}, nil
 }