diff --git a/src/core/ev.c b/src/core/ev.c
index 96154731..4beb49da 100644
--- a/src/core/ev.c
+++ b/src/core/ev.c
@@ -693,9 +693,9 @@ static DWORD WINAPI janet_timeout_body(LPVOID ptr) {
     JanetThreadedTimeout tto = *(JanetThreadedTimeout *)ptr;
     janet_free(ptr);
     SleepEx((DWORD)(tto.sec * 1000), TRUE);
+    janet_interpreter_interrupt(tto.vm);
     JanetEVGenericMessage msg = {0};
     janet_ev_post_event(tto.vm, janet_timeout_cb, msg);
-    janet_interpreter_interrupt(tto.vm);
     return 0;
 }
 #else
@@ -716,9 +716,9 @@ static void *janet_timeout_body(void *ptr) {
                  ? (long)((tto.sec - ((uint32_t)tto.sec)) * 1000000000)
                  : 0;
     nanosleep(&ts, &ts);
+    janet_interpreter_interrupt(tto.vm);
     JanetEVGenericMessage msg = {0};
     janet_ev_post_event(tto.vm, janet_timeout_cb, msg);
-    janet_interpreter_interrupt(tto.vm);
     return NULL;
 }
 #endif