1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.c b/plugins/check_snmp.c
index 28354b0d..c73562ba 100644
--- a/plugins/check_snmp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.c
@@ -229,13 +229,14 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
         np_set_args(argc, argv);
 
+        time(&current_time);
+
         if (process_arguments (argc, argv) == ERROR)
                 usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
 
         if(calculate_rate) {
                 if (!strcmp(label, "SNMP"))
                         label = strdup("SNMP RATE");
-                time(&current_time);
                 i=0;
                 previous_state = np_state_read();
                 if(previous_state!=NULL) {