diff --git a/libs/locallibs/sleep_wait.py b/libs/locallibs/sleep_wait.py
index 8914f33f8e1e11afc45038bef166a975d0e7289a..d1f162a968b25b58a2730df6fea88f4dfa6d2bed 100644
--- a/libs/locallibs/sleep_wait.py
+++ b/libs/locallibs/sleep_wait.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def sleep_wait(wait_time, cmd=None, mode=1):
     if cmd and mode == 2:
         init = 0
         while init < wait_time:
+            init += 1
             time.sleep(1)
             exitcode, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(cmd)
             if exitcode == 0:
@@ -79,8 +80,6 @@ def sleep_wait(wait_time, cmd=None, mode=1):
             elif init == wait_time:
                 sys.exit(exitcode)
 
-            init += 1
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="manual to this script")