diff --git a/lib/faye/websocket.js b/lib/faye/websocket.js
index 699cc39..232b2c2 100644
--- a/lib/faye/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/faye/websocket.js
@@ -46,9 +46,15 @@ var WebSocket = function(request, socket, head, supportedProtos, options) {
   var Parser = getParser(request);
   this._parser = new Parser(this, {protocols: supportedProtos});
   
+  var self = this;
+  this._sendBuffer = [];
+  process.nextTick(function() { self._open() });
+  
   var handshake = this._parser.handshakeResponse(head);
   try { this._stream.write(handshake, 'binary') } catch (e) {}
   
+  if (this._parser.isOpen()) this.readyState = API.OPEN;
+  
   this.protocol = this._parser.protocol || '';
   this.version = this._parser.getVersion();
   
@@ -62,10 +68,6 @@ var WebSocket = function(request, socket, head, supportedProtos, options) {
       self.ping(id);
     }, this._ping * 1000);
   
-  var self = this;
-  this._sendBuffer = [];
-  process.nextTick(function() { self._open() });
-  
   this._stream.addListener('data', function(data) {
     var response = self._parser.parse(data);
     if (!response) return;