diff --git a/scapy/sendrecv.py b/scapy/sendrecv.py
index ec74872418c..3b119a1e905 100644
--- a/scapy/sendrecv.py
+++ b/scapy/sendrecv.py
@@ -1314,9 +1314,9 @@ def stop_cb():
             self.stop_cb = stop_cb
 
         try:
+            self.continue_sniff = True
             if started_callback:
                 started_callback()
-            self.continue_sniff = True
 
             # Start timeout
             if timeout is not None: