diff --git a/go/Makefile b/go/Makefile
index 1fa7058..79b02a0 100644
--- a/go/Makefile
+++ b/go/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ http-client-test:
 	go test ./http-client
 
 promcollector-test:
-	go test ./prometheusexporter/...
+	go test -race ./prometheusexporter/...
 
 livestream-test: logjam-livestream
 	go test ./livestream-server
diff --git a/go/prometheusexporter/collector/collector.go b/go/prometheusexporter/collector/collector.go
index 8f26dfa..ff30922 100644
--- a/go/prometheusexporter/collector/collector.go
+++ b/go/prometheusexporter/collector/collector.go
@@ -728,11 +728,6 @@ func (c *Collector) deleteLabels(name string, labels prometheus.Labels) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *Collector) copyWithoutActionLabel(a string) bool {
-	if c.opts.Verbose {
-		log.Info("removing action: %s", a)
-	}
-	delete(c.knownActions, a)
-	atomic.StoreInt32(&c.knownActionsSize, int32(len(c.knownActions)))
 	mfs, err := c.registry.Gather()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("could not gather metric families for deletion: %s", err)
@@ -771,6 +766,11 @@ func (c *Collector) actionRegistryHandler() {
 			threshold := time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Duration(c.opts.CleanAfter) * time.Minute)
 			for a, v := range c.knownActions {
 				if v.Before(threshold) {
+					if c.opts.Verbose {
+						log.Info("removing action: %s", a)
+					}
+					delete(c.knownActions, a)
+					atomic.StoreInt32(&c.knownActionsSize, int32(len(c.knownActions)))
 					c.copyWithoutActionLabel(a)
 				}
 			}