diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index e7e67183..0569df0c 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ func (s *session) sendPacket() error {
 }
 
 func (s *session) sendPackedPacket(packet *packedPacket) error {
+	defer putPacketBuffer(packet.raw)
 	err := s.sentPacketHandler.SentPacket(&ackhandler.Packet{
 		PacketNumber:    packet.number,
 		Frames:          packet.frames,
@@ -687,12 +688,8 @@ func (s *session) sendPackedPacket(packet *packedPacket) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	s.logPacket(packet)
-
-	err = s.conn.Write(packet.raw)
-	putPacketBuffer(packet.raw)
-	return err
+	return s.conn.Write(packet.raw)
 }
 
 func (s *session) sendConnectionClose(quicErr *qerr.QuicError) error {
@@ -704,9 +701,6 @@ func (s *session) sendConnectionClose(quicErr *qerr.QuicError) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if packet == nil {
-		return errors.New("Session BUG: expected packet not to be nil")
-	}
 	s.logPacket(packet)
 	return s.conn.Write(packet.raw)
 }
@@ -716,11 +710,9 @@ func (s *session) logPacket(packet *packedPacket) {
 		// We don't need to allocate the slices for calling the format functions
 		return
 	}
-	if utils.Debug() {
-		utils.Debugf("-> Sending packet 0x%x (%d bytes) for connection %x, %s", packet.number, len(packet.raw), s.connectionID, packet.encryptionLevel)
-		for _, frame := range packet.frames {
-			frames.LogFrame(frame, true)
-		}
+	utils.Debugf("-> Sending packet 0x%x (%d bytes) for connection %x, %s", packet.number, len(packet.raw), s.connectionID, packet.encryptionLevel)
+	for _, frame := range packet.frames {
+		frames.LogFrame(frame, true)
 	}
 }