diff --git a/app/lib/connection_pool/shared_timed_stack.rb b/app/lib/connection_pool/shared_timed_stack.rb
index f1ace3301..8a13f4473 100644
--- a/app/lib/connection_pool/shared_timed_stack.rb
+++ b/app/lib/connection_pool/shared_timed_stack.rb
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class ConnectionPool::SharedTimedStack
     if @created == @max && !@queue.empty?
       throw_away_connection = @queue.pop
       @tagged_queue[throw_away_connection.site].delete(throw_away_connection)
-      @create_block.call(preferred_tag)
       throw_away_connection.close
+      @create_block.call(preferred_tag)
     elsif @created != @max
       connection = @create_block.call(preferred_tag)
       @created += 1