diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 345dfbcc..184f91b5 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ class Request(object):
         # Build the URL
         url = self.full_url
 
+        # Pre-request hook.
+        r = dispatch_hook('pre_request', self.hooks, self)
+        self.__dict__.update(r.__dict__)
+
         # Logging
         if self.config.get('verbose'):
             self.config.get('verbose').write('%s   %s   %s\n' % (
@@ -566,10 +570,6 @@ class Request(object):
                 if cookie_header is not None:
                     self.headers['Cookie'] = cookie_header
 
-            # Pre-request hook.
-            r = dispatch_hook('pre_request', self.hooks, self)
-            self.__dict__.update(r.__dict__)
-
             try:
                 # The inner try .. except re-raises certain exceptions as
                 # internal exception types; the outer suppresses exceptions