diff --git a/src/core/lib/gpr/sync_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/gpr/sync_posix.cc
index 2262db3d4f7..21926352a74 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/gpr/sync_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/gpr/sync_posix.cc
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ int gpr_cv_wait(gpr_cv* cv, gpr_mu* mu, gpr_timespec abs_deadline) {
 #if GPR_LINUX
     abs_deadline = gpr_convert_clock_type(abs_deadline, GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
 #else
-    abs_deadline = gpr_time_max(abs_deadline, gpr_now(abs_deadline.clock_type));
     abs_deadline = gpr_convert_clock_type(abs_deadline, GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
+    abs_deadline = gpr_time_max(abs_deadline, gpr_now(abs_deadline.clock_type));
 #endif  // GPR_LINUX
     abs_deadline_ts.tv_sec = static_cast<time_t>(abs_deadline.tv_sec);
     abs_deadline_ts.tv_nsec = abs_deadline.tv_nsec;