diff --git a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixSocketTest.java b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixSocketTest.java
index ca100bde..ec2068e4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixSocketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixSocketTest.java
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ public void resist_dsd_restart() throws Exception {
         // Delete the socket file, client should throw an IOException
         lastException = new Exception();
         socketFile.delete();
+
+        client.gauge("mycount", 21);
         while(lastException.getMessage() == null) {
-            client.gauge("mycount", 20);
             Thread.sleep(10);
         }
         assertThat(lastException.getMessage(), containsString("No such file or directory"));