diff --git a/SVPullToRefresh/UIScrollView+SVPullToRefresh.m b/SVPullToRefresh/UIScrollView+SVPullToRefresh.m
index ba19078c..4c3d8456 100644
--- a/SVPullToRefresh/UIScrollView+SVPullToRefresh.m
+++ b/SVPullToRefresh/UIScrollView+SVPullToRefresh.m
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ - (void)addPullToRefreshWithActionHandler:(void (^)(void))actionHandler {
 }
 
 - (void)triggerPullToRefresh {
-    self.pullToRefreshView.state = SVPullToRefreshStateTriggered;
     [self.pullToRefreshView startAnimating];
+    self.pullToRefreshView.state = SVPullToRefreshStateTriggered;
 }
 
 - (void)setPullToRefreshView:(SVPullToRefreshView *)pullToRefreshView {