diff --git a/source/evp_setpeer.c b/source/evp_setpeer.c
index 797049d8..f27a04b9 100644
--- a/source/evp_setpeer.c
+++ b/source/evp_setpeer.c
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    max_time = ossl_time_add(ossl_time_now(), ossl_seconds2time(RUN_TIME));
-
     counts = OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(OSSL_TIME) * threadcount);
     if (counts == NULL) {
         printf("Failed to create counts array\n");
@@ -222,6 +220,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             return EXIT_FAILURE;
         }
 
+        max_time = ossl_time_add(ossl_time_now(), ossl_seconds2time(RUN_TIME));
+
         if (!perflib_run_multi_thread_test(do_setpeer, threadcount, &duration)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run the test %s\n", sample_names[k]);
             EVP_PKEY_free(pkey);