diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 2489160d7..b548a15f1 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@
                 </release-feature-list>
 
                 <release-refactor-list>
+                    <release-item>
+                        <release-item-contributor-list>
+                            <release-item-ideator id="wilke.jens"/>
+                        </release-item-contributor-list>
+
+                        <p>Open log file after async process is completely separated from the main process to prevent the main process from also logging to the file.</p>
+                    </release-item>
+
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Dynamically generate list of files for C library build.</p>
                     </release-item>
diff --git a/lib/pgBackRest/Archive/Push/Async.pm b/lib/pgBackRest/Archive/Push/Async.pm
index 48da14c69..23fc769d6 100644
--- a/lib/pgBackRest/Archive/Push/Async.pm
+++ b/lib/pgBackRest/Archive/Push/Async.pm
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ sub process
         # uncoverable branch false - reacquire the lock since it was released by the client process above
         if (lockAcquire(cfgCommandName(cfgCommandGet()), false))
         {
-            # Open the log file
-            logFileSet(storageLocal(), cfgOption(CFGOPT_LOG_PATH) . '/' . cfgOption(CFGOPT_STANZA) . '-archive-async');
-
             # uncoverable branch true - chdir to /
             chdir '/'
                 or confess &log(ERROR, "unable to chdir to /: $OS_ERROR", ERROR_PATH_MISSING);
@@ -123,6 +120,9 @@ sub process
             setsid()
                 or confess &log(ERROR, "unable to create new session group: $OS_ERROR", ERROR_ASSERT);
 
+            # Open the log file
+            logFileSet(storageLocal(), cfgOption(CFGOPT_LOG_PATH) . '/' . cfgOption(CFGOPT_STANZA) . '-archive-async');
+
             # Start processing
             $self->processServer();
         }