diff --git a/services/medialog/MediaLogService.cpp b/services/medialog/MediaLogService.cpp
index 0598ce7..902af66 100644
--- a/services/medialog/MediaLogService.cpp
+++ b/services/medialog/MediaLogService.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
                 } else {
                     ALOGW("%s:", result.string());
                 }
-                // TODO should we instead proceed to mMergeReader.dump? does it need lock?
                 return NO_ERROR;
             }
 
@@ -132,9 +131,10 @@
                 }
             }
             mLock.unlock();
+        } else {
+            mMergeReader.dump(fd, args);
         }
     }
-    mMergeReader.dump(fd);
     return NO_ERROR;
 }