diff --git a/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp b/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
index cd14de9475..00ca062ecc 100644
--- a/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
+++ b/src/REPLICA/temper.cpp
@@ -215,12 +215,11 @@ void Temper::command(int narg, char **arg)
 
   for (int iswap = 0; iswap < nswaps; iswap++) {
 
-    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
-    timer->init_timeout();
-
     // run for nevery timesteps
 
+    timer->init_timeout();
     update->integrate->run(nevery);
+    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
 
     // compute PE
     // notify compute it will be called at next swap
diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/temper_grem.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/temper_grem.cpp
index e05a27bb14..692f78cf9f 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/temper_grem.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/temper_grem.cpp
@@ -237,12 +237,11 @@ void TemperGrem::command(int narg, char **arg)
 
   for (int iswap = 0; iswap < nswaps; iswap++) {
 
-    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
-    timer->init_timeout();
-
     // run for nevery timesteps
 
+    timer->init_timeout();
     update->integrate->run(nevery);
+    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
 
     // compute PE
     // notify compute it will be called at next swap
@@ -250,7 +249,6 @@ void TemperGrem::command(int narg, char **arg)
     pe = pe_compute->compute_scalar();
     pe_compute->addstep(update->ntimestep + nevery);
 
-
     // which = which of 2 kinds of swaps to do (0,1)
 
     if (!ranswap) which = iswap % 2;
diff --git a/src/USER-MISC/temper_npt.cpp b/src/USER-MISC/temper_npt.cpp
index d40ca3b707..55c9aadc6f 100644
--- a/src/USER-MISC/temper_npt.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-MISC/temper_npt.cpp
@@ -216,12 +216,11 @@ void TemperNPT::command(int narg, char **arg)
 
   for (int iswap = 0; iswap < nswaps; iswap++) {
 
-    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
-    timer->init_timeout();
-
     // run for nevery timesteps
 
+    timer->init_timeout();
     update->integrate->run(nevery);
+    if (timer->is_timeout()) break;
 
     // compute PE
     // notify compute it will be called at next swap