Fix error message for the EventEngine variable

refs #11522

diff --git a/lib/base/socketevents.cpp b/lib/base/socketevents.cpp
index 76b288d03579543116d2a4199cbd6a3c1d5daf96..f68e056ea47e156dceaa0daa477d33618056f381 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/base/socketevents.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/socketevents.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ void SocketEvents::InitializeEngine(void)
                l_SocketIOEngine = new SocketEventEngineEpoll();
 #endif /* __linux__ */
        else {
-               eventEngine = "poll";
-
                Log(LogWarning, "SocketEvents")
                    << "Invalid event engine selected: " << eventEngine << " - Falling back to 'poll'";
 
+               eventEngine = "poll";
+
                l_SocketIOEngine = new SocketEventEnginePoll();
        }