1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/python/walmgr.py b/python/walmgr.py
index 408d8650..edbfaf64 100755
--- a/python/walmgr.py
+++ b/python/walmgr.py
@@ -1502,7 +1502,6 @@ STOP TIME: %(stop_time)s
         self.log.debug("%s: start copy", srcname)
         
         self.master_periodic()
-        self.set_last_complete(srcname)
         
         dst_loc = self.cf.getfile("completed_wals")
         if dst_loc[-1] != "/":
@@ -1517,6 +1516,9 @@ STOP TIME: %(stop_time)s
         cmdline = ["ssh", "-nT", slave, "sync" ]
         self.exec_cmd(cmdline)
 
+        # slave has the file now, set markers
+        self.set_last_complete(srcname)
+
         self.log.debug("%s: done", srcname)
         end_time = time.time()
         self.stat_add('count', 1)