diff --git a/subsys/shell/shell.c b/subsys/shell/shell.c
index 291a0fb3396..c113c83b424 100644
--- a/subsys/shell/shell.c
+++ b/subsys/shell/shell.c
@@ -1330,10 +1330,6 @@ void shell_thread(void *shell_handle, void *arg_log_backend,
 
 		k_mutex_lock(&shell->ctx->wr_mtx, K_FOREVER);
 
-		if (shell->iface->api->update) {
-			shell->iface->api->update(shell->iface);
-		}
-
 		shell_signal_handle(shell, SHELL_SIGNAL_KILL, kill_handler);
 		shell_signal_handle(shell, SHELL_SIGNAL_RXRDY, shell_process);
 		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHELL_LOG_BACKEND)) {
@@ -1341,6 +1337,10 @@ void shell_thread(void *shell_handle, void *arg_log_backend,
 					    shell_log_process);
 		}
 
+		if (shell->iface->api->update) {
+			shell->iface->api->update(shell->iface);
+		}
+
 		k_mutex_unlock(&shell->ctx->wr_mtx);
 	}
 }