diff --git a/server/src/client/voice/PacketEncoder.cpp b/server/src/client/voice/PacketEncoder.cpp
index 4b051a5..25737e1 100644
--- a/server/src/client/voice/PacketEncoder.cpp
+++ b/server/src/client/voice/PacketEncoder.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ void PacketEncoder::send_packet(ts::protocol::OutgoingServerPacket *packet) {
     packet->set_packet_id(full_id & 0xFFFFU);
     packet->generation = full_id >> 16U;
 
+    auto category = stats::ConnectionStatistics::category::from_type(packet->packet_type());
+    this->callback_connection_stats(this->callback_data, category, packet->packet_length() + 96); /* 96 for the UDP packet overhead */
+
     {
         std::lock_guard qlock{this->write_queue_mutex};
         *this->encrypt_queue_tail = packet;
@@ -69,9 +72,6 @@ void PacketEncoder::send_packet(ts::protocol::OutgoingServerPacket *packet) {
     }
 
     this->callback_request_write(this->callback_data);
-
-    auto category = stats::ConnectionStatistics::category::from_type(packet->packet_type());
-    this->callback_connection_stats(this->callback_data, category, packet->packet_length() + 96); /* 96 for the UDP packet overhead */
 }
 
 void PacketEncoder::send_packet(protocol::PacketType type, protocol::PacketFlag::PacketFlags flag, const void *payload, size_t payload_size) {
@@ -216,8 +216,9 @@ void PacketEncoder::send_command(const std::string_view &command, bool low, std:
     }
     this->callback_request_write(this->callback_data);
 
-    if(own_data_buffer)
+    if(own_data_buffer) {
         ::free(own_data_buffer_ptr);
+    }
 }
 
 void PacketEncoder::encrypt_pending_packets() {