diff --git a/swift/obj/replicator.py b/swift/obj/replicator.py
index 45d8a3f85b..8b5100aae8 100644
--- a/swift/obj/replicator.py
+++ b/swift/obj/replicator.py
@@ -592,8 +592,8 @@ class ObjectReplicator(Daemon):
             self.logger.increment('partition.lock-failure.count')
         except (Exception, Timeout):
             self.logger.exception("Error syncing handoff partition")
-            stats.add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
         finally:
+            stats.add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
             target_devs_info = set([(target_dev['replication_ip'],
                                      target_dev['device'])
                                     for target_dev in job['nodes']])
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py b/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
index 53eac6db2f..25fe042757 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_replicator.py
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ class TestObjectReplicator(unittest.TestCase):
         # stopped after handoffs!
         self.assertEqual(1, self.replicator.handoffs_remaining)
         self.assertEqual(8, self.replicator.job_count)
+        self.assertEqual(self.replicator.total_stats.failure, 1)
         # in addition to the two update_deleted jobs as many as "concurrency"
         # jobs may have been spawned into the pool before the failed
         # update_deleted job incremented handoffs_remaining and caused the