1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/logger.c b/logger.c
index e02bb47..ce97d26 100644
--- a/logger.c
+++ b/logger.c
@@ -971,8 +971,8 @@ enum logger_ret_type logger_log(logger *l, const enum log_entry_type event, cons
     /* Request a maximum length of data to write to */
     e = (logentry *) bipbuf_request(buf, (sizeof(logentry) + reqlen));
     if (e == NULL) {
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&l->mutex);
         l->dropped++;
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&l->mutex);
         return LOGGER_RET_NOSPACE;
     }
     e->event = event;