diff --git a/jdk/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/connection/RMIConnector_NPETest.java b/jdk/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/connection/RMIConnector_NPETest.java
index a2a1f9ca72c..732f8998184 100644
--- a/jdk/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/connection/RMIConnector_NPETest.java
+++ b/jdk/test/javax/management/remote/mandatory/connection/RMIConnector_NPETest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ import javax.management.remote.rmi.*;
 public class RMIConnector_NPETest {
     public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception {
         RMID rmid = RMID.createRMID();
-        rmid.start();
-        int rmidPort = rmid.getPort();
         Exception failureCause = null;
         RMIConnector agent = null;
 
         try {
+            rmid.start();
+            int rmidPort = rmid.getPort();
             MBeanServer mbs = MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer();
             RMIJRMPServerImpl rmiserver = new RMIJRMPServerImpl(rmidPort, null, null, null);
             rmiserver.setMBeanServer(mbs);
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ public class RMIConnector_NPETest {
 
     }
 }
+