diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 8aecca1a6..94f64e0b6 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ on early-init
     # Set the security context of /postinstall if present.
     restorecon /postinstall
 
+    # Mount cgroup mount point for cpu accounting
+    mount cgroup none /acct cpuacct
+    mkdir /acct/uid
+
+    # root memory control cgroup, used by lmkd
+    mkdir /dev/memcg 0700 root system
+    mount cgroup none /dev/memcg memory
+    # app mem cgroups, used by activity manager, lmkd and zygote
+    mkdir /dev/memcg/apps/ 0755 system system
+
     start ueventd
 
 on init
@@ -43,10 +53,6 @@ on init
     # Link /vendor to /system/vendor for devices without a vendor partition.
     symlink /system/vendor /vendor
 
-    # Mount cgroup mount point for cpu accounting
-    mount cgroup none /acct cpuacct
-    mkdir /acct/uid
-
     # Create energy-aware scheduler tuning nodes
     mkdir /dev/stune
     mount cgroup none /dev/stune schedtune
@@ -99,12 +105,6 @@ on init
     symlink /storage/self/primary /mnt/sdcard
     symlink /mnt/user/0/primary /mnt/runtime/default/self/primary
 
-    # root memory control cgroup, used by lmkd
-    mkdir /dev/memcg 0700 root system
-    mount cgroup none /dev/memcg memory
-    # app mem cgroups, used by activity manager, lmkd and zygote
-    mkdir /dev/memcg/apps/ 0755 system system
-
     write /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_oops 1
     write /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs 0
     write /proc/cpu/alignment 4