diff --git a/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx b/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
index 83387ab..0d94522 100644
--- a/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
+++ b/common/network/TcpSocket.cxx
@@ -434,10 +434,6 @@ TcpListener::TcpListener(const struct sockaddr *listenaddr,
   }
 #endif /* defined(IPV6_V6ONLY) */

-  if (bind(sock, &sa.u.sa, listenaddrlen) == -1) {
-    closesocket(sock);
-    throw SocketException("failed to bind socket", errorNumber);
-  }
 #ifndef WIN32
   // - By default, close the socket on exec()
   fcntl(sock, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
@@ -452,6 +448,11 @@ TcpListener::TcpListener(const struct sockaddr *listenaddr,
   fd = sock;
 #endif

+  if (bind(sock, &sa.u.sa, listenaddrlen) == -1) {
+    closesocket(sock);
+    throw SocketException("failed to bind socket", errorNumber);
+  }
+
   // - Set it to be a listening socket
   if (listen(sock, 5) < 0) {
     int e = errorNumber;