diff --git a/mozilla/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport2.cpp b/mozilla/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport2.cpp
index 8a1151b01c6..e81a367a78d 100644
--- a/mozilla/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport2.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/netwerk/base/src/nsSocketTransport2.cpp
@@ -1332,8 +1332,6 @@ nsSocketTransport::OnSocketConnected()
     mPollTimeout = mTimeouts[TIMEOUT_READ_WRITE];
     mState = STATE_TRANSFERRING;
 
-    SendStatus(STATUS_CONNECTED_TO);
-
     // assign mFD (must do this within the transport lock), but take care not
     // to trample over mFDref if mFD is already set.
     {
@@ -1342,6 +1340,8 @@ nsSocketTransport::OnSocketConnected()
         NS_ASSERTION(mFDref == 1, "wrong socket ref count");
         mFDconnected = PR_TRUE;
     }
+
+    SendStatus(STATUS_CONNECTED_TO);
 }
 
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