diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index 823ee6bc..02b623d2 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ namespace detail {
                                 std::vector<fc::uint160_t>& contained_transaction_message_ids) override
       { try {
 
+         auto latency = fc::time_point::now() - blk_msg.block.timestamp;
          if (!sync_mode || blk_msg.block.block_num() % 10000 == 0)
          {
             const auto& witness = blk_msg.block.witness(*_chain_db);
@@ -536,7 +537,6 @@ namespace detail {
                  ("w",witness_account.name)
                  ("i",last_irr)("d",blk_msg.block.block_num()-last_irr) );
          }
-         auto latency = fc::time_point::now() - blk_msg.block.timestamp;
          FC_ASSERT( (latency.count()/1000) > -5000, "Rejecting block with timestamp in the future" );
 
          try {