diff --git a/iguana/iguana_peers.c b/iguana/iguana_peers.c
index a1750752f..74d6d4534 100755
--- a/iguana/iguana_peers.c
+++ b/iguana/iguana_peers.c
@@ -394,12 +394,6 @@ int32_t iguana_socket(int32_t bindflag,char *hostname,uint16_t port)
     }
     setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,(void *)&opt,sizeof(opt));
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-    timeout.tv_sec = 0;
-    timeout.tv_usec = 30000;
-    setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_RCVTIMEO,(void *)&timeout,sizeof(timeout));
-    timeout.tv_sec = 0;
-    timeout.tv_usec = 10000;
-    setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_SNDTIMEO,(void *)&timeout,sizeof(timeout));
     setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_NOSIGPIPE,&opt,sizeof(opt));
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -442,6 +436,12 @@ int32_t iguana_socket(int32_t bindflag,char *hostname,uint16_t port)
                 return(-1);
             }
         }
+        timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+        timeout.tv_usec = 30000;
+        setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_RCVTIMEO,(void *)&timeout,sizeof(timeout));
+        timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+        timeout.tv_usec = 10000;
+        setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_SNDTIMEO,(void *)&timeout,sizeof(timeout));
         if ( listen(sock,64) != 0 )
         {
             printf("listen(%s) port.%d failed: %s sock.%d. errno.%d\n",hostname,port,strerror(errno),sock,errno);