diff --git a/Lib/logging/handlers.py b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
index 3552950..4ef896e 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/handlers.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/handlers.py
@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@
         self.address = address
         self.facility = facility
         if type(address) == types.StringType:
-            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
             self.unixsocket = 1
+            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
         else:
-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
             self.unixsocket = 0
+            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
 
         self.formatter = None