diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-buses-return.md b/.changeset/eleven-buses-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ecf152827ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-buses-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where rooms transferred to a department's queue could get stuck—marked as taken but with no agent assigned.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/livechat/server/lib/RoutingManager.ts b/apps/meteor/app/livechat/server/lib/RoutingManager.ts
index 6d422819a88aa..be18f07b08f95 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/livechat/server/lib/RoutingManager.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/livechat/server/lib/RoutingManager.ts
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ export const RoutingManager: Routing = {
 
 		const { servedBy } = room;
 
+		if (servedBy) {
+			await LivechatRooms.removeAgentByRoomId(rid);
+			await this.removeAllRoomSubscriptions(room);
+			await dispatchAgentDelegated(rid);
+		}
+
 		if (shouldQueue) {
 			const queuedInquiry = await LivechatInquiry.queueInquiry(inquiry._id, room.lastMessage);
 			if (queuedInquiry) {
@@ -192,12 +198,6 @@ export const RoutingManager: Routing = {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (servedBy) {
-			await LivechatRooms.removeAgentByRoomId(rid);
-			await this.removeAllRoomSubscriptions(room);
-			await dispatchAgentDelegated(rid);
-		}
-
 		await dispatchInquiryQueued(inquiry);
 
 		return true;