diff --git a/modules/juce_analytics/destinations/juce_ThreadedAnalyticsDestination.cpp b/modules/juce_analytics/destinations/juce_ThreadedAnalyticsDestination.cpp
index da9df139b1..fd492d7a82 100644
--- a/modules/juce_analytics/destinations/juce_ThreadedAnalyticsDestination.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_analytics/destinations/juce_ThreadedAnalyticsDestination.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ void ThreadedAnalyticsDestination::EventDispatcher::run()
     while (! threadShouldExit())
     {
         {
+            const ScopedLock lock (queueAccess);
+
             const auto numEventsInBatch = eventsToSend.size();
             const auto freeBatchCapacity = maxBatchSize - numEventsInBatch;
 
@@ -98,8 +100,6 @@ void ThreadedAnalyticsDestination::EventDispatcher::run()
 
                 if (numNewEvents > 0)
                 {
-                    const ScopedLock lock (queueAccess);
-
                     const auto numEventsToAdd = jmin (numNewEvents, freeBatchCapacity);
                     const auto newBatchSize = numEventsInBatch + numEventsToAdd;