diff --git a/src/udev/udev-builtin-kmod.c b/src/udev/udev-builtin-kmod.c
index f4aa4802c95..96819df9895 100644
--- a/src/udev/udev-builtin-kmod.c
+++ b/src/udev/udev-builtin-kmod.c
@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@ static int builtin_kmod_init(void) {
 
 /* called on udev shutdown and reload request */
 static void builtin_kmod_exit(void) {
-        log_debug("Unload kernel module index.");
-
         if (!ctx)
                 return;
 
+        log_debug("Unload kernel module index.");
         ctx = sym_kmod_unref(ctx);
 }