diff --git a/src/exporter.py b/src/exporter.py
index 26f4abe..5a30844 100644
--- a/src/exporter.py
+++ b/src/exporter.py
@@ -279,14 +279,15 @@ def track_task_event(self, event):
 
             if counter_name == event["type"]:
                 counter.labels(**_labels).inc()
+                logger.debug(
+                    "Incremented metric='{}' labels='{}'", counter._name, labels
+                )
             elif (
                 event["type"] != "task-sent"
             ):  # task-sent is sent by various hosts (webservers, task creators etc.) which cause label cardinality # pylint: disable=line-too-long
                 # increase unaffected counters by zero in order to make them visible
                 counter.labels(**_labels).inc(0)
 
-            logger.debug("Incremented metric='{}' labels='{}'", counter._name, labels)
-
         # observe task runtime
         if event["type"] == "task-succeeded":
             self.celery_task_runtime.labels(**labels).observe(task.runtime)