Index: uspace/app/netecho/netecho.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/netecho/netecho.c	(revision 05bfce7e5652b3ecd59079e61dce8474c212b70f)
+++ uspace/app/netecho/netecho.c	(revision 9164c0c47fa20a3a9a4c2006499296dbc1d19971)
@@ -394,5 +394,12 @@
 		return listening_id;
 	}
-
+	
+	/* Bind the listening socket */
+	rc = bind(listening_id, address, addrlen);
+	if (rc != EOK) {
+		socket_print_error(stderr, rc, "Socket bind: ", "\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
+	
 	/* if the stream socket is used */
 	if (type == SOCK_STREAM) {
@@ -402,5 +409,5 @@
 			backlog = 3;
 		}
-
+		
 		/* Set the backlog */
 		rc = listen(listening_id, backlog);
@@ -409,11 +416,4 @@
 			return rc;
 		}
-	}
-
-	/* Bind the listening socket */
-	rc = bind(listening_id, address, addrlen);
-	if (rc != EOK) {
-		socket_print_error(stderr, rc, "Socket bind: ", "\n");
-		return rc;
 	}