diff --git a/swift/obj/replicator.py b/swift/obj/replicator.py
index ff89b32..4ee616e 100644
--- a/swift/obj/replicator.py
+++ b/swift/obj/replicator.py
@@ -355,13 +355,13 @@ class ObjectReplicator(Daemon):
                 self.delete_partition(job['path'])
                 handoff_partition_deleted = True
         except (Exception, Timeout):
-            self.logger.exception(_("Error syncing handoff partition"))
+            self.logger.exception(_("Error timeout syncing handoff partition"))
+            self._add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
         finally:
             target_devs_info = set([(target_dev['replication_ip'],
                                      target_dev['device'])
                                     for target_dev in job['nodes']])
             self.stats['success'] += len(target_devs_info - failure_devs_info)
-            self._add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
             if not handoff_partition_deleted:
                 self.handoffs_remaining += 1
             self.partition_times.append(time.time() - begin)
@@ -488,11 +488,11 @@ class ObjectReplicator(Daemon):
                                           node)
             self.suffix_count += len(local_hash)
         except (Exception, Timeout):
+            self._add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
             failure_devs_info.update(target_devs_info)
-            self.logger.exception(_("Error syncing partition"))
+            self.logger.exception(_("Error timeout syncing partition"))
         finally:
             self.stats['success'] += len(target_devs_info - failure_devs_info)
-            self._add_failure_stats(failure_devs_info)
             self.partition_times.append(time.time() - begin)
             self.logger.timing_since('partition.update.timing', begin)