diff --git a/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/rolling/helper/TimeBasedArchiveRemover.java b/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/rolling/helper/TimeBasedArchiveRemover.java
index a288034541..9333e24134 100644
--- a/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/rolling/helper/TimeBasedArchiveRemover.java
+++ b/logback-core/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/core/rolling/helper/TimeBasedArchiveRemover.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public void cleanPeriod(Instant instantOfPeriodToClean) {
         File[] matchingFileArray = getFilesInPeriod(instantOfPeriodToClean);
 
         for (File f : matchingFileArray) {
+            LogbackMetrics.getDeletedLogFilesCounter(MAX_HISTORY, fileNamePattern).inc();
+            LogbackMetrics.getDeletedLogFileSizeHistogram(MAX_HISTORY, fileNamePattern).update(f.length());
             checkAndDeleteFile(f);
         }
 
@@ -117,10 +119,6 @@ private boolean checkAndDeleteFile(File f) {
             addWarn("Cannot delete non existent file");
             return false;
         }
-
-        LogbackMetrics.getDeletedLogFilesCounter(MAX_HISTORY, fileNamePattern).inc();
-        LogbackMetrics.getDeletedLogFileSizeHistogram(MAX_HISTORY, fileNamePattern).update(f.length());
-       
         boolean result = f.delete();
         if (!result) {
             addWarn("Failed to delete file " + f.toString());