diff --git a/PortabilityLayer/PLCore.cpp b/PortabilityLayer/PLCore.cpp
index 69ad2f6..fab9009 100644
--- a/PortabilityLayer/PLCore.cpp
+++ b/PortabilityLayer/PLCore.cpp
@@ -620,11 +620,11 @@ bool WaitForEvent(TimeTaggedVOSEvent *eventOut, uint32_t ticks)
 		if (PortabilityLayer::EventQueue::GetInstance()->Dequeue(eventOut))
 			return true;
 
-		Delay(1, nullptr);
-
 		if (ticks == 0)
 			break;
 
+		Delay(1, nullptr);
+
 		ticks--;
 	}