From f870b2532f21305595e37534f593bb38153a39f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzz <zzz@i2pmail.org>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 09:12:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] I2CP: Hopefully fix rare NPE

as reported by drzed
---
 core/java/src/net/i2p/client/impl/I2PSessionImpl.java | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/client/impl/I2PSessionImpl.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/client/impl/I2PSessionImpl.java
index b08a3e8b0..8dff24d15 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/client/impl/I2PSessionImpl.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/client/impl/I2PSessionImpl.java
@@ -758,9 +758,9 @@ public abstract class I2PSessionImpl implements I2PSession, I2CPMessageReader.I2
                     InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(_socket.getInputStream(), BUF_SIZE);
                     _reader = new I2CPMessageReader(in, this);
                 }
+                if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG)) _log.debug(getPrefix() + "before startReading");
+                _reader.startReading();
             }
-            if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG)) _log.debug(getPrefix() + "before startReading");
-            _reader.startReading();
             if (_log.shouldLog(Log.DEBUG)) _log.debug(getPrefix() + "Before getDate");
             Properties auth = null;
             if ((!_context.isRouterContext()) && _options.containsKey(I2PClient.PROP_USER) && _options.containsKey(I2PClient.PROP_PW)) {