--- /usr/lib/python2.4/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	2006-04-27 11:28:07.000000000 -0400
+++ SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	2006-05-31 23:15:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@
         of changing method dispatch behavior.
         """
 
-        params, method = xmlrpclib.loads(data)
-
         # generate response
         try:
+            params, method = xmlrpclib.loads(data)
+
             if dispatch_method is not None:
                 response = dispatch_method(method, params)
             else: