diff --git a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
index 9f0600962..427b9d01b 100644
--- a/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
+++ b/hystrix-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/AbstractCommand.java
@@ -512,8 +512,6 @@ private Observable<R> getRunObservableDecoratedForMetricsAndErrorHandling(final
 
                 @Override
                 public void call(Subscriber<? super R> s) {
-                    executionHook.onThreadStart(_self);
-                    executionHook.onRunStart(_self);
                     if (isCommandTimedOut.get() == TimedOutStatus.TIMED_OUT) {
                         // the command timed out in the wrapping thread so we will return immediately
                         // and not increment any of the counters below or other such logic
@@ -521,6 +519,8 @@ public void call(Subscriber<? super R> s) {
                     } else {
                         // not timed out so execute
                         try {
+                            executionHook.onThreadStart(_self);
+                            executionHook.onRunStart(_self);
                             threadPool.markThreadExecution();
                             // store the command that is being run
                             endCurrentThreadExecutingCommand.set(Hystrix.startCurrentThreadExecutingCommand(getCommandKey()));