diff --git a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/string/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/string/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
index a0d4b5b4a4..2b7346aa10 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/string/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/string/AbstractSocketStringEchoTest.java
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractSocketStringEchoTest {
             String m = (String) e.getMessage();
             assertEquals(data[counter], m);
 
-            counter ++;
-
             if (channel.getParent() != null) {
                 String delimiter = random.nextBoolean() ? "\r\n" : "\n";
                 channel.write(m + delimiter);
             }
+
+            counter ++;
         }
 
         @Override