diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.ts
index 25b3d77d128..dc5cf6d8df1 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class EventPipelineRunner {
             event.team_id
         )
 
-        if (event.event === '$exception' && event.team_id == 2) {
+        if (event.event === '$exception' && !event.properties?.hasOwnProperty('$sentry_event_id')) {
             const [exceptionAck] = await this.runStep(
                 produceExceptionSymbolificationEventStep,
                 [this, rawEvent],
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.test.ts
index 2fd02a018be..6e54ec8f3c5 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/runner.test.ts
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ describe('EventPipelineRunner', () => {
                     'prepareEventStep',
                     'extractHeatmapDataStep',
                     'createEventStep',
-                    'emitEventStep',
+                    'produceExceptionSymbolificationEventStep',
                 ])
             })
         })