diff --git a/http/http_connection.hpp b/http/http_connection.hpp
index e654b24..6172b3a 100644
--- a/http/http_connection.hpp
+++ b/http/http_connection.hpp
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@
 
         startDeadline(0);
 
-        // Fetch the client IP address
-        readClientIp();
-
         // TODO(ed) Abstract this to a more clever class with the idea of an
         // asynchronous "start"
         if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Adaptor,
@@ -311,6 +308,9 @@
     {
         cancelDeadlineTimer();
 
+        // Fetch the client IP address
+        readClientIp();
+
         bool isInvalidRequest = false;
 
         // Check for HTTP version 1.1.