diff --git a/MapboxMobileEvents/MMELocationManager.m b/MapboxMobileEvents/MMELocationManager.m
index a94d0ba1..95149950 100644
--- a/MapboxMobileEvents/MMELocationManager.m
+++ b/MapboxMobileEvents/MMELocationManager.m
@@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ - (void)timeoutAllowedCheck {
 }
 
 - (void)startBackgroundTimeoutTimer {
-    [self.backgroundLocationServiceTimeoutTimer invalidate];
+    NSTimer *tempTimer = self.backgroundLocationServiceTimeoutTimer;
     self.backgroundLocationServiceTimeoutAllowedDate = [[NSDate date] dateByAddingTimeInterval:MMELocationManagerHibernationTimeout];
     self.backgroundLocationServiceTimeoutTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:MMELocationManagerHibernationPollInterval target:self selector:@selector(timeoutAllowedCheck) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
+    [tempTimer invalidate];
 }
 
 - (void)establishRegionMonitoringForLocation:(CLLocation *)location {