diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 63f1cf6e4..2a01a4477 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -665,7 +665,6 @@ ngx_http_upstream_connect(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     tp = ngx_timeofday();
     u->state->response_sec = tp->sec;
     u->state->response_msec = tp->msec;
-    u->state->peer = u->peer.name;
 
     rc = ngx_event_connect_peer(&u->peer);
 
@@ -678,6 +677,8 @@ ngx_http_upstream_connect(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
         return;
     }
 
+    u->state->peer = u->peer.name;
+
     if (rc == NGX_BUSY) {
         ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0, "no live upstreams");
         ngx_http_upstream_next(r, u, NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_FT_NOLIVE);