diff --git a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
index 185e4ba1..ca69617e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -965,18 +965,15 @@ func (p *ptpProcess) cmdRun(stdoutToSocket bool, pm *plugin.PluginManager) {
 
 				for scanner.Scan() {
 					output := scanner.Text()
-
-					if regexErr != nil || !logFilterRegex.MatchString(output) {
-						fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
-					}
 					if p.name == chronydProcessName {
 						output = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]%s: %s", chronydProcessName, p.cmd.Process.Pid, p.messageTag, output)
 					}
 					output = pm.ProcessLog(p.name, output)
-					fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
 					// for ts2phc from 4.2 onwards replace /dev/ptpX by actual interface name
 					output = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", p.replaceClockID(output))
-					// for ts2phc, we need to extract metrics to identify GM state
+					if regexErr != nil || !logFilterRegex.MatchString(output) {
+						fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
+					}
 					p.processPTPMetrics(output)
 					if p.name == ptp4lProcessName {
 						if strings.Contains(output, ClockClassChangeIndicator) {