diff --git a/src/lladd/logger/logWriter.c b/src/lladd/logger/logWriter.c
index c8e3320..bf89044 100644
--- a/src/lladd/logger/logWriter.c
+++ b/src/lladd/logger/logWriter.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ static int writeLogEntryUnlocked(LogEntry * e) {
   nextAvailableLSN = nextEntry_LogWriter(e);
   pthread_mutex_unlock(&nextAvailableLSN_mutex);
 
-  pthread_mutex_unlock(&log_read_mutex);
   return 0;
 }