client.go | 2 +-

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 0c9ff2e5e49c27f333d4983f0e3915fbba81ab36..3979b3967195315d4204adfaf2b3d425832268c0 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ 	if t.addrActive(addr) {
 		duplicateConnsAvoided.Add(1)
 		return
 	}
+	dialTimeout := reducedDialTimeout(dialTimeout, me.halfOpenLimit, len(t.Peers))
 	t.HalfOpen[addr] = struct{}{}
 	go func() {
 		// Binding to the listen address and dialing via net.Dialer gives
@@ -416,7 +417,6 @@ 		// "address in use" error. It seems it's not possible to dial out from
 		// this address so that peers associate our local address with our
 		// listen address.
 
-		dialTimeout := reducedDialTimeout(dialTimeout, me.halfOpenLimit, len(t.Peers))
 		// Initiate connections via TCP and UTP simultaneously. Use the first
 		// one that succeeds.
 		left := 2