diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
index 6c0287c735b..4cb664845d5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/cacher/delegator.go
@@ -257,14 +257,14 @@ func shouldDelegateList(opts storage.ListOptions, cache delegator.Helper) (deleg
 	case metav1.ResourceVersionMatchNotOlderThan:
 		return delegator.Result{ShouldDelegate: false}, nil
 	case "":
-		// Legacy exact match
-		if opts.Predicate.Limit > 0 && len(opts.ResourceVersion) > 0 && opts.ResourceVersion != "0" {
-			return cache.ShouldDelegateExactRV(opts.ResourceVersion, opts.Recursive)
-		}
 		// Continue
 		if len(opts.Predicate.Continue) > 0 {
 			return cache.ShouldDelegateContinue(opts.Predicate.Continue, opts.Recursive)
 		}
+		// Legacy exact match
+		if opts.Predicate.Limit > 0 && len(opts.ResourceVersion) > 0 && opts.ResourceVersion != "0" {
+			return cache.ShouldDelegateExactRV(opts.ResourceVersion, opts.Recursive)
+		}
 		// Consistent Read
 		if opts.ResourceVersion == "" {
 			return cache.ShouldDelegateConsistentRead()
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/request/list_work_estimator.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/request/list_work_estimator.go
index 004614314b3..bc79aac3297 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/request/list_work_estimator.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/request/list_work_estimator.go
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ func shouldDelegateList(opts *metav1.ListOptions, cache delegator.Helper) (deleg
 	case metav1.ResourceVersionMatchNotOlderThan:
 		return delegator.Result{ShouldDelegate: false}, nil
 	case "":
-		// Legacy exact match
-		if opts.Limit > 0 && len(opts.ResourceVersion) > 0 && opts.ResourceVersion != "0" {
-			return cache.ShouldDelegateExactRV(opts.ResourceVersion, defaultRecursive)
-		}
 		// Continue
 		if len(opts.Continue) > 0 {
 			return cache.ShouldDelegateContinue(opts.Continue, defaultRecursive)
 		}
+		// Legacy exact match
+		if opts.Limit > 0 && len(opts.ResourceVersion) > 0 && opts.ResourceVersion != "0" {
+			return cache.ShouldDelegateExactRV(opts.ResourceVersion, defaultRecursive)
+		}
 		// Consistent Read
 		if opts.ResourceVersion == "" {
 			return cache.ShouldDelegateConsistentRead()