diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/LdapClient.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/LdapClient.php
index 734ff4e906c2..ebb263d5cf0c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/LdapClient.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Ldap/LdapClient.php
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ private function connect()
                 $host = 'ldaps://'.$host;
             }
 
+            $this->connection = ldap_connect($host, $this->port);
+
             ldap_set_option($this->connection, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, $this->version);
             ldap_set_option($this->connection, LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, $this->optReferrals);
 
-            $this->connection = ldap_connect($host, $this->port);
-
             if ($this->useStartTls) {
                 ldap_start_tls($this->connection);
             }