diff --git a/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp b/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
index eade6a2e5c4..3f7f7cd3fe0 100644
--- a/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
+++ b/common/thorhelper/thorsoapcall.cpp
@@ -2234,6 +2234,7 @@ class CWSCAsyncFor : implements IWSCAsyncFor, public CInterface, public CAsyncFo
                     checkTimeLimitExceeded(&remainingMS);
                     Url &connUrl = master->proxyUrlArray.empty() ? url : master->proxyUrlArray.item(0);
                     ep.set(connUrl.host.get(), connUrl.port);
+                    checkTimeLimitExceeded(&remainingMS);  // after ep.set which might make a potentially long getaddrinfo lookup ...
                     if (strieq(url.method, "https"))
                         proto = PersistentProtocol::ProtoTLS;
                     bool shouldClose = false;