diff --git a/includes/class-wc-order-item.php b/includes/class-wc-order-item.php
index 4d475020861..1adf7f48b36 100644
--- a/includes/class-wc-order-item.php
+++ b/includes/class-wc-order-item.php
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ class WC_Order_Item extends WC_Data implements ArrayAccess {
 
 			$meta->key     = rawurldecode( (string) $meta->key );
 			$meta->value   = rawurldecode( (string) $meta->value );
-			$attribute_key = str_replace( 'attribute_', '', $meta->key );
-			$display_key   = wc_attribute_label( $attribute_key, $product );
-			$display_value = $meta->value;
 
 			// Skip items with values already in the product details area of the product name
 			$value_in_product_name_regex = "/–.*{$meta->value}/i";
@@ -203,6 +200,10 @@ class WC_Order_Item extends WC_Data implements ArrayAccess {
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			$attribute_key = str_replace( 'attribute_', '', $meta->key );
+			$display_key   = wc_attribute_label( $attribute_key, $product );
+			$display_value = $meta->value;
+
 			if ( taxonomy_exists( $attribute_key ) ) {
 				$term = get_term_by( 'slug', $meta->value, $attribute_key );
 				if ( ! is_wp_error( $term ) && is_object( $term ) && $term->name ) {