diff --git a/wgengine/magicsock/derp.go b/wgengine/magicsock/derp.go
index bfee02f6e..704ce3c4f 100644
--- a/wgengine/magicsock/derp.go
+++ b/wgengine/magicsock/derp.go
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ func (c *Conn) maybeSetNearestDERP(report *netcheck.Report) (preferredDERP int)
 	} else {
 		connectedToControl = c.health.GetInPollNetMap()
 	}
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	myDerp := c.myDerp
+	c.mu.Unlock()
 	if !connectedToControl {
-		c.mu.Lock()
-		myDerp := c.myDerp
-		c.mu.Unlock()
 		if myDerp != 0 {
 			metricDERPHomeNoChangeNoControl.Add(1)
 			return myDerp
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ func (c *Conn) maybeSetNearestDERP(report *netcheck.Report) (preferredDERP int)
 		// one.
 		preferredDERP = c.pickDERPFallback()
 	}
+	if preferredDERP != myDerp {
+		c.logf(
+			"magicsock: home DERP changing from derp-%d [%dms] to derp-%d [%dms]",
+			c.myDerp, report.RegionLatency[myDerp].Milliseconds(), preferredDERP, report.RegionLatency[preferredDERP].Milliseconds())
+	}
 	if !c.setNearestDERP(preferredDERP) {
 		preferredDERP = 0
 	}