diff --git a/adapter/outbound/vmess.go b/adapter/outbound/vmess.go
index 8d018caa5b..08fd9f3791 100644
--- a/adapter/outbound/vmess.go
+++ b/adapter/outbound/vmess.go
@@ -290,16 +290,6 @@ func (v *Vmess) ListenPacketContext(ctx context.Context, metadata *C.Metadata, o
 		}
 		return v.ListenPacketOnStreamConn(c, metadata)
 	}
-	c, err = dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", v.addr, v.Base.DialOptions(opts...)...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s connect error: %s", v.addr, err.Error())
-	}
-	tcpKeepAlive(c)
-	defer func(c net.Conn) {
-		safeConnClose(c, err)
-	}(c)
-
-	c, err = v.StreamConn(c, metadata)
 	return v.ListenPacketWithDialer(ctx, dialer.NewDialer(v.Base.DialOptions(opts...)...), metadata)
 }
 
@@ -316,9 +306,17 @@ func (v *Vmess) ListenPacketWithDialer(ctx context.Context, dialer C.Dialer, met
 
 	c, err := dialer.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", v.addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("new vmess client error: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s connect error: %s", v.addr, err.Error())
 	}
+	tcpKeepAlive(c)
+	defer func(c net.Conn) {
+		safeConnClose(c, err)
+	}(c)
 
+	c, err = v.StreamConn(c, metadata)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("new vmess client error: %v", err)
+	}
 	return v.ListenPacketOnStreamConn(c, metadata)
 }