diff --git a/gems/kvlRegisterImages.hxx b/gems/kvlRegisterImages.hxx
index 95b5271..4917e06 100644
--- a/gems/kvlRegisterImages.hxx
+++ b/gems/kvlRegisterImages.hxx
@@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ void RegisterImages<TransformationType, MetricType>
        optimizer->SetScalesEstimator(scalesEstimator);
     }
 
+    //Could be skipped if we don't need to test
+    constexpr int randomNumberGeneratorSeed = 121213;
+    registration->MetricSamplingReinitializeSeed(randomNumberGeneratorSeed);
+
     //Set sampling strategy
     typename RegistrationType::MetricSamplingStrategyType samplingStrategy = RegistrationType::RANDOM;
     registration->SetMetricSamplingStrategy(samplingStrategy);
     registration->SetMetricSamplingPercentage(m_SamplingPercentage);
 
-    //Could be skipped if we don't need to test
-    constexpr int randomNumberGeneratorSeed = 121213;
-    registration->MetricSamplingReinitializeSeed(randomNumberGeneratorSeed);
-
 
     //Add the observer
     CommandIterationUpdate::Pointer observer = CommandIterationUpdate::New();