diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 11f4f145be3..525f6fb2bd2 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 {
 	int pid;
 
+	rcu_scheduler_starting();
 	kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
 	numa_default_policy();
 	pid = kernel_thread(kthreadd, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
@@ -462,7 +463,6 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 	 * at least once to get things moving:
 	 */
 	init_idle_bootup_task(current);
-	rcu_scheduler_starting();
 	preempt_enable_no_resched();
 	schedule();
 	preempt_disable();