diff --git a/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/ReliabilityTest.java b/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/ReliabilityTest.java
index 50b7c3f868726..9bc09628c8c46 100644
--- a/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/ReliabilityTest.java
+++ b/tests/DumpRenderTree/src/com/android/dumprendertree/ReliabilityTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ public class ReliabilityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Reliabilit
 
         Intent intent = new Intent(runner.getContext(), ReliabilityTestActivity.class);
         intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
+        ReliabilityTestActivity activity = (ReliabilityTestActivity)runner.startActivitySync(
+            intent);
         //read from BufferedReader instead of populating a list in advance,
         //this will avoid excessive memory usage in case of a large list
         while((url = listReader.readLine()) != null) {
@@ -83,8 +85,6 @@ public class ReliabilityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Reliabilit
             start = System.currentTimeMillis();
             Log.v(LOGTAG, "Testing URL: " + url);
             FsUtils.updateTestStatus(TEST_STATUS_FILE, url);
-            ReliabilityTestActivity activity = (ReliabilityTestActivity)runner.startActivitySync(
-                    intent);
             activity.reset();
             //use message to send new URL to avoid interacting with
             //WebView in non-UI thread
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ public class ReliabilityTest extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<Reliabilit
             if(runner.mLogtime) {
                 writeLoadTime(url, activity.getPageLoadTime());
             }
-            activity.finish();
             System.runFinalization();
             System.gc();
             System.gc();
         }
+        activity.finish();
         FsUtils.updateTestStatus(TEST_STATUS_FILE, TEST_DONE);
 //        activity.finish();
         listReader.close();