diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index e8eb571b8..3432e24c0 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     am.QueueBuiltinAction(SetupCgroupsAction, "SetupCgroups");
 
+    am.QueueBuiltinAction(SetKptrRestrictAction, "SetKptrRestrict");
     am.QueueEventTrigger("early-init");
 
     // Queue an action that waits for coldboot done so we know ueventd has set up all of /dev...
@@ -778,7 +779,6 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     // ... so that we can start queuing up actions that require stuff from /dev.
     am.QueueBuiltinAction(MixHwrngIntoLinuxRngAction, "MixHwrngIntoLinuxRng");
     am.QueueBuiltinAction(SetMmapRndBitsAction, "SetMmapRndBits");
-    am.QueueBuiltinAction(SetKptrRestrictAction, "SetKptrRestrict");
     Keychords keychords;
     am.QueueBuiltinAction(
             [&epoll, &keychords](const BuiltinArguments& args) -> Result<void> {