diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT2_SERVER.pm b/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT2_SERVER.pm
index b8da5e826..1dc073d0f 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT2_SERVER.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/00_MQTT2_SERVER.pm
@@ -541,10 +541,7 @@ MQTT2_SERVER_doPublish($$$$;$)
   $val = "" if(!defined($val));
   $src = $server if(!defined($src));
   my $now = gettimeofday();
-
   my $serverName = $server->{NAME};
-  my $ir = AttrVal($serverName, "ignoreRegexp", undef);
-  return if(defined($ir) && "$tp:$val" =~ m/$ir/);
 
   if($retain && AttrVal($serverName, "respectRetain", $featurelevel <= 6.1)) {
     if(!defined($val) || $val eq "") {
@@ -566,6 +563,9 @@ MQTT2_SERVER_doPublish($$$$;$)
     MQTT2_SERVER_sendto($server, $defs{$clName}, $tp, $val);
   }
 
+  my $ir = AttrVal($serverName, "ignoreRegexp", undef);
+  return if(defined($ir) && "$tp:$val" =~ m/$ir/);
+
   my $cid = $src->{cid};
   $tp =~ s/:/_/g if(AttrVal($serverName, "topicConversion", 1)); # 96608
   if(defined($cid) ||                    # "real" MQTT client
@@ -874,10 +874,7 @@ MQTT2_SERVER_ReadDebug($$)
 
     <a id="MQTT2_SERVER-attr-ignoreRegexp"></a>
     <li>ignoreRegexp<br>
-      if $topic:$message matches ignoreRegexp, then it will be silently
-      ignored.  Such messages are not distributed to connected MQTT clients,
-      are not stored (if retain is set), and are not dispatched in FHEM for
-      further processing.
+      if $topic:$message matches ignoreRegexp, then it will be silently ignored.
       </li>
 
     <a id="MQTT2_SERVER-attr-keepaliveFactor"></a>