I'm running IIS 7 Integrated mode and I'm getting

Request is not available in this context

when I try to access it in a Log4Net related function that is called from Application_Start. This is the line of code I've

if (HttpContext.Current != null && HttpContext.Current.Request != null)

and an exception is being thrown for second comparison.

What else can I check other than checking HttpContext.Current.Request for null??

A similar question is posted @ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2056398/request-is-not-available-in-this-context-exception-when-runnig-mvc-on-iis7-5

but no relevant answer there either.