make journal dir earlier if dne

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/db/dur.cpp b/db/dur.cpp
index 945d1c738ce..35dad709fec 100644
--- a/db/dur.cpp
+++ b/db/dur.cpp
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ namespace mongo {
                 return;
             if( testIntent )
                 return;
+            journalMakeDir();
             try {
                 recover();
             }
@@ -495,7 +496,6 @@ namespace mongo {
                 log() << "exception during recovery" << endl;
                 throw;
             }
-            journalMakeDir();
             boost::thread t(durThread);
             boost::thread t2(unlinkThread);
             boost::thread t3(lsnThread);