diff --git a/gunicorn/instrument/statsd.py b/gunicorn/instrument/statsd.py
index fcd38311..daae4026 100644
--- a/gunicorn/instrument/statsd.py
+++ b/gunicorn/instrument/statsd.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Statsd(Logger):
     def info(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         """Log a given statistic if metric, value and type are present
         """
+        Logger.info(self, msg, *args, **kwargs)
         extra = kwargs.get("extra", None)
         if extra is not None:
             metric = extra.get(METRIC_VAR, None)
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ class Statsd(Logger):
                     self.histogram(metric, value)
                 else:
                     pass
-        Logger.info(self, msg, *args, **kwargs)
 
     # skip the run-of-the-mill logs
     def debug(self, msg, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/tests/test_009-statsd.py b/tests/test_009-statsd.py
index 24bb6f57..aaf75dd5 100644
--- a/tests/test_009-statsd.py
+++ b/tests/test_009-statsd.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_instrument():
     t.eq(logger.sock.msgs[0], "gunicorn.log.critical:1|c|@1.0")
     logger.sock.reset()
 
-    logger.access(MockResponse(200), None, {}, timedelta(seconds=7))
+    logger.access(MockResponse("200 OK"), None, {}, timedelta(seconds=7))
     t.eq(logger.sock.msgs[0], "gunicorn.request.duration:7.0|ms")
     t.eq(logger.sock.msgs[1], "gunicorn.requests:1|c|@1.0")
     t.eq(logger.sock.msgs[2], "gunicorn.request.status.200:1|c|@1.0")