diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/get_state_key.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/get_state_key.js
index a2ee0bc3ca18f6d625ce1351cfe9ceb2ac22fa59..44e8167d6a3c909b3ba731721ab1d7d126b5b7ed 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/get_state_key.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/get_state_key.js
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ export default function deviseState(data) {
     return stateKey.checking;
   } else if (data.has_conflicts) {
     return stateKey.conflicts;
-  } else if (data.work_in_progress) {
-    return stateKey.workInProgress;
   } else if (this.shouldBeRebased) {
     return stateKey.rebase;
   } else if (this.onlyAllowMergeIfPipelineSucceeds && this.isPipelineFailed) {
     return stateKey.pipelineFailed;
+  } else if (data.work_in_progress) {
+    return stateKey.workInProgress;
   } else if (this.hasMergeableDiscussionsState) {
     return stateKey.unresolvedDiscussions;
   } else if (this.isPipelineBlocked) {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/mr-rebase-button-move-to-bottom.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/mr-rebase-button-move-to-bottom.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45191e55ab81fe50e15deb5fa0a15658c371eef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/mr-rebase-button-move-to-bottom.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Check WIP status after all other possible statuses
+merge_request: 36624
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/spec/frontend/vue_mr_widget/stores/get_state_key_spec.js b/spec/frontend/vue_mr_widget/stores/get_state_key_spec.js
index e54cd345a37d4cb630d976dd33de156fc8357013..1cb2c6c669b9409c54af84c4aefa35ace8acd300 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/vue_mr_widget/stores/get_state_key_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/vue_mr_widget/stores/get_state_key_spec.js
@@ -49,14 +49,18 @@ describe('getStateKey', () => {
 
     expect(bound()).toEqual('unresolvedDiscussions');
 
+    data.work_in_progress = true;
+
+    expect(bound()).toEqual('workInProgress');
+
     context.onlyAllowMergeIfPipelineSucceeds = true;
     context.isPipelineFailed = true;
 
     expect(bound()).toEqual('pipelineFailed');
 
-    data.work_in_progress = true;
+    context.shouldBeRebased = true;
 
-    expect(bound()).toEqual('workInProgress');
+    expect(bound()).toEqual('rebase');
 
     data.has_conflicts = true;