diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlThreadedWorkers.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlThreadedWorkers.cc
index 089b57873..13c26230a 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlThreadedWorkers.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlThreadedWorkers.cc
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ JobBase::stop ()
   m_stopping = false;
   m_running = false;
 
-  m_lock.unlock ();
-
   stopped ();
+
+  m_lock.unlock ();
 }
 
 void