diff --git a/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp b/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
index ab5c0bb22..a7da7498b 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/fifoconsole.cpp
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ void FifoConsole::ListenFifoThread(void *pUser)
 {
 	FifoConsole *pData = (FifoConsole *)pUser;
 
+	if(stopFifoThread)
+		return;
+
 	// This should fix the problem where sometimes the fifo thread runs at a bad
 	// time and can't open the fifo immediately.
 	while (!pData->m_pFifoFile || str_comp(pData->m_pFifoFile, "") == 0)
 	{
 		thread_sleep(1000);
-
-		if(stopFifoThread)
-			return;
 	}
 
 	mkfifo(pData->m_pFifoFile, 0600);