diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/CompletionValue.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/CompletionValue.java
index f434e0a0c51..42c4b786e60 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/CompletionValue.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/CompletionValue.java
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ boolean maybeTimeout() {
     }
 
     void timeout() {
-        errorOut(BKException.Code.TimeoutException);
         timeoutOpLogger.registerSuccessfulEvent(latency(),
                 TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+        errorOut(BKException.Code.TimeoutException);
     }
 
     protected void logResponse(BookkeeperProtocol.StatusCode status, Object... extraInfo) {