1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.c b/plugins/check_ssh.c
index b73cdf24..3e25910d 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.c
@@ -75,16 +75,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
         check_ssh_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
-        /* initialize alarm signal handling */
-        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
-
-        alarm(socket_timeout);
-
         mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
         if (config.output_format_is_set) {
                 overall.format = config.output_format;
         }
 
+        /* initialize alarm signal handling */
+        signal(SIGALRM, socket_timeout_alarm_handler);
+        alarm(socket_timeout);
+
         /* ssh_connect exits if error is found */
         ssh_connect(&overall, config.server_name, config.port, config.remote_version, config.remote_protocol);