diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
index b3b2263fb..6f9c5441b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/MemcachedConnection.java
@@ -279,10 +279,10 @@ public MemcachedConnection(final int bufSize, final ConnectionFactory f,
     wakeupDelay = Integer.parseInt( System.getProperty("net.spy.wakeupDelay",
       Integer.toString(DEFAULT_WAKEUP_DELAY)));
 
+    metrics = f.getMetricCollector();
     List<MemcachedNode> connections = createConnections(a);
     locator = f.createLocator(connections);
 
-    metrics = f.getMetricCollector();
     metricType = f.enableMetrics();
 
     registerMetrics();