diff --git a/ipobfs/ipobfs.c b/ipobfs/ipobfs.c
index fb07216..8aa6aeb 100644
--- a/ipobfs/ipobfs.c
+++ b/ipobfs/ipobfs.c
@@ -583,17 +583,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		goto exiterr;
 	}
 
-#if defined SOL_NETLINK && defined NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS
-	int yes=1;
-	if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS, &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1)
-		fprintf(stderr, "setsockopt(NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS)");
-#endif
-
-
 	if (!droproot(uid, gid)) goto exiterr;
 	fprintf(stderr, "Running as UID=%u GID=%u\n", getuid(), getgid());
 
 	fd = nfq_fd(h);
+
+#if defined SOL_NETLINK && defined NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS
+	int yes=1;
+	if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_NETLINK, NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS, &yes, sizeof(yes)) == -1)
+		fprintf(stderr, "setsockopt(NETLINK_NO_ENOBUFS)\n");
+#endif
+
 	while ((rv = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) && rv >= 0)
 	{
 		int r = nfq_handle_packet(h, buf, rv);