Take bucket guard after having passed validLid() check.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/documentmetastore/documentmetastore.cpp b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/documentmetastore/documentmetastore.cpp
index f0a44744feb..b7afecaf7fb 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/documentmetastore/documentmetastore.cpp
+++ b/searchcore/src/vespa/searchcore/proton/documentmetastore/documentmetastore.cpp
@@ -566,10 +566,10 @@ DocumentMetaStore::remove(DocId lid, uint64_t prepare_serial_num, BucketDBOwner:
 bool
 DocumentMetaStore::remove(DocId lid, uint64_t prepare_serial_num)
 {
-    BucketDBOwner::Guard bucketGuard = _bucketDB->takeGuard();
     if (!validLid(lid)) {
         return false;
     }
+    BucketDBOwner::Guard bucketGuard = _bucketDB->takeGuard();
     remove(lid, prepare_serial_num, bucketGuard);
     incGeneration();
     if (_op_listener) {