diff --git a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
index 84f18ee..57813c9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 PORT = None
 
 def server(evt, numrequests):
-    try:
-        serv = DocXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 0), logRequests=False)
+    serv = DocXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 0), logRequests=False)
 
+    try:
         global PORT
         PORT = serv.socket.getsockname()[1]