diff -r d14e2430213d src/aodv/model/aodv-routing-protocol.cc
--- a/src/aodv/model/aodv-routing-protocol.cc   Fri Aug 31 12:24:28 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/aodv/model/aodv-routing-protocol.cc   Wed Sep 05 08:29:19 2012 -0700
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@
   NS_LOG_FUNCTION (this);
   if (EnableHello)
     {
+      m_htimer.SetFunction (&RoutingProtocol::HelloTimerExpire, this);
+      m_htimer.Schedule (MilliSeconds (m_uniformRandomVariable->GetInteger (0, 100)));
       m_nb.ScheduleTimer ();
     }
   m_rreqRateLimitTimer.SetFunction (&RoutingProtocol::RreqRateLimitTimerExpire,
@@ -579,12 +581,6 @@
   NS_ASSERT (ipv4 != 0);
   NS_ASSERT (m_ipv4 == 0);
 
-  if (EnableHello)
-    {
-      m_htimer.SetFunction (&RoutingProtocol::HelloTimerExpire, this);
-      m_htimer.Schedule (MilliSeconds (m_uniformRandomVariable->GetInteger (0, 100)));
-    }
-
   m_ipv4 = ipv4;