diff --git a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/snapshot/SnapshotManager.java b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/snapshot/SnapshotManager.java
index 24aa391e5b2..afa43246a96 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/snapshot/SnapshotManager.java
+++ b/kernel/kernel-api/src/main/java/io/delta/kernel/internal/snapshot/SnapshotManager.java
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ private SnapshotImpl createSnapshot(LogSegment initSegment, Engine engine) {
             .orElse(".");
     logger.info("{}: Loading version {} {}", tablePath, initSegment.version, startingFromStr);
 
+    long startTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
     LogReplay logReplay =
         new LogReplay(
             logPath,
@@ -534,8 +536,6 @@ private SnapshotImpl createSnapshot(LogSegment initSegment, Engine engine) {
             initSegment,
             Optional.ofNullable(latestSnapshotHint.get()));
 
-    long startTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
     assertLogFilesBelongToTable(logPath, initSegment.allLogFilesUnsorted());
 
     final SnapshotImpl snapshot =