diff --git a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
index bcd87adad..384a2bc76 100644
--- a/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
+++ b/src/nix-build/nix-build.cc
@@ -546,8 +546,6 @@ static void main_nix_build(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         restoreProcessContext();
 
-        logger->stop();
-
         execvp(shell->c_str(), argPtrs.data());
 
         throw SysError("executing shell '%s'", *shell);
@@ -606,8 +604,6 @@ static void main_nix_build(int argc, char * * argv)
             outPaths.push_back(outputPath);
         }
 
-        logger->stop();
-
         for (auto & path : outPaths)
             std::cout << store->printStorePath(path) << '\n';
     }
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index 3a8558c64..05f0ae20a 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -1491,8 +1491,6 @@ static int main_nix_env(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         globals.state->printStats();
 
-        logger->stop();
-
         return 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
index 153b84137..9163eefd0 100644
--- a/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
+++ b/src/nix-store/nix-store.cc
@@ -1095,8 +1095,6 @@ static int main_nix_store(int argc, char * * argv)
 
         op(opFlags, opArgs);
 
-        logger->stop();
-
         return 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index a65455896..96ac676f5 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
     }
     #endif
 
+    Finally f([] { logger->stop(); });
+
     programPath = argv[0];
     auto programName = std::string(baseNameOf(programPath));
 
@@ -280,8 +282,6 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
         verbosity = lvlInfo;
     }
 
-    Finally f([] { logger->stop(); });
-
     NixArgs args;
 
     if (argc == 2 && std::string(argv[1]) == "__dump-args") {