diff --git a/etcdmain/etcd.go b/etcdmain/etcd.go
index 488f5155d..28db9316c 100644
--- a/etcdmain/etcd.go
+++ b/etcdmain/etcd.go
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@ func startProxy(cfg *config) error {
 	}
 
 	pt, err := transport.NewTimeoutTransport(cfg.peerTLSInfo, time.Duration(cfg.proxyDialTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(cfg.proxyReadTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(cfg.proxyWriteTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond)
-	pt.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = proxy.DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	pt.MaxIdleConnsPerHost = proxy.DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost
 
 	tr, err := transport.NewTimeoutTransport(cfg.peerTLSInfo, time.Duration(cfg.proxyDialTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(cfg.proxyReadTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond, time.Duration(cfg.proxyWriteTimeoutMs)*time.Millisecond)
 	if err != nil {