1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/networking/httpd.c b/networking/httpd.c
index d06bc2776..aa8ce8dcb 100644
--- a/networking/httpd.c
+++ b/networking/httpd.c
@@ -1253,10 +1253,10 @@ static unsigned get_line(void)
         unsigned count;
         char c;
 
-        alarm(HEADER_READ_TIMEOUT);
         count = 0;
         while (1) {
                 if (hdr_cnt <= 0) {
+                        alarm(HEADER_READ_TIMEOUT);
                         hdr_cnt = safe_read(STDIN_FILENO, hdr_buf, sizeof_hdr_buf);
                         if (hdr_cnt <= 0)
                                 goto ret;