diff --git a/fio.sh b/fio.sh
index d87424b025c7cbdf8091bd4facc1c5bbb96aa8d9..f195a6e0021a80c7eb6aa0b6c974fd37dc24ad0f 100755
--- a/fio.sh
+++ b/fio.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function run_write {
 	dir=$MDIR/fio/$HOST
 	[ -d $dir ] && rm -rf $dir
 	mkdir -p $dir
-	/usr/bin/timeout 300 /usr/bin/time --format "%E" --output=$LOGD/write   dd if=/dev/zero of=$dir/file bs=1M count=$3
+	/usr/bin/time --format "%E" --output=$LOGD/write  /usr/bin/timeout 300  dd if=/dev/zero of=$dir/file bs=1M count=$3
 	ls -s $dir/file | gawk '{print $1}' >> $LOGD/write
 	#/usr/bin/timeout 10 /usr/bin/time --format "%E" --output=$LOGD/sync  /bin/sync
 }