diff --git a/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.js b/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.js
index 9d8a31b..f87e900 100644
--- a/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.js
+++ b/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.js
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ export function findStationaryDistribution(
   }
   let iteration = 0;
   while (true) {
+    if (iteration >= fullOptions.maxIterations) {
+      if (fullOptions.verbose) {
+        console.log(`[${iteration}] FAILED to converge`);
+      }
+      return r0;
+    }
     iteration++;
     const r1 = sparseMarkovChainAction(chain, r0);
     const delta = computeDelta(r0, r1);
@@ -130,12 +136,6 @@ export function findStationaryDistribution(
       }
       return r0;
     }
-    if (iteration >= fullOptions.maxIterations) {
-      if (fullOptions.verbose) {
-        console.log(`[${iteration}] FAILED to converge`);
-      }
-      return r0;
-    }
   }
   // ESLint knows that this next line is unreachable, but Flow doesn't. :-)
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unreachable
diff --git a/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.test.js b/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.test.js
index 60f72b4..500742c 100644
--- a/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.test.js
+++ b/src/v3/core/attribution/markovChain.test.js
@@ -182,5 +182,12 @@ describe("core/attribution/markovChain", () => {
       const expected = new Float64Array([0.5, 0.5]);
       expectAllClose(pi, expected);
     });
+
+    it("returns initial distribution if maxIterations===0", () => {
+      const chain = sparseMarkovChainFromTransitionMatrix([[0, 1], [0, 1]]);
+      const pi = findStationaryDistribution(chain, {maxIterations: 0});
+      const expected = new Float64Array([0.5, 0.5]);
+      expect(pi).toEqual(expected);
+    });
   });
 });