diff --git a/spooler.c b/spooler.c
index 1198c590..c0a2d138 100644
--- a/spooler.c
+++ b/spooler.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ void spooler() {
 
 	for (;;) {
 
-		sleep(uwsgi.shared->spooler_frequency);
 
 		if (chdir(uwsgi.spool_dir)) {
 			uwsgi_error("chdir()");
@@ -234,6 +233,8 @@ void spooler() {
 			uwsgi_error("opendir()");
 		}
 
+		sleep(uwsgi.shared->spooler_frequency);
+
 	}
 }