1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/demo/Ice/latency/Client.cpp b/cpp/demo/Ice/latency/Client.cpp
index e2e60d16646..554b02ed4f9 100644
--- a/cpp/demo/Ice/latency/Client.cpp
+++ b/cpp/demo/Ice/latency/Client.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ run(int argc, char* argv[], const Ice::CommunicatorPtr& communicator)
 	cerr << argv[0] << ": invalid object reference" << endl;
 	return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
-
+
+    // Priming ping.
+    ping->ping();
+
     timeval tv1;
 #ifdef WIN32
     struct _timeb tb1;