diff --git a/src/raft/RaftManager.cc b/src/raft/RaftManager.cc
index 64a4341ad3..7912caabd5 100644
--- a/src/raft/RaftManager.cc
+++ b/src/raft/RaftManager.cc
@@ -472,13 +472,13 @@ void RaftManager::leader()
 
     clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &last_heartbeat);
 
+    auto im = nd.get_im();
+    im->raft_status(state);
+
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
 
     aclm->reload_rules();
 
-    auto im = nd.get_im();
-    im->raft_status(state);
-
     if ( nd.is_federation_master() )
     {
         frm->start_replica_threads();