diff --git a/src/libmsc/msc_vty.c b/src/libmsc/msc_vty.c
index 87adc82..4e71e26 100644
--- a/src/libmsc/msc_vty.c
+++ b/src/libmsc/msc_vty.c
@@ -832,10 +832,13 @@
 		return CMD_WARNING;
 	}
 
-	subscr_dump_full_vty(vty, vsub);
-
+	/* In the vty output to the user, exclude this local use count added by vlr_subscr_get() in get_vsub_by_argv().
+	 * This works, because: for get_vsub_by_argv() to succeed, there *must* have been at least one use count before
+	 * this, and since this is not multi-threaded, this vlr_subscr_put() cannot possibly reach a count of 0. */
 	vlr_subscr_put(vsub);
 
+	subscr_dump_full_vty(vty, vsub);
+
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }