1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 20034e969..7711e467b 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,14 @@ static int NOINLINE syslogd_init(char **argv)
         G.hostname = safe_gethostname();
         *strchrnul(G.hostname, '.') = '\0';
 
+        xmove_fd(create_socket(), STDIN_FILENO);
+
+        if (opts & OPT_circularlog)
+                ipcsyslog_init();
+
+        if (opts & OPT_kmsg)
+                kmsg_init();
+
         if (!(opts & OPT_nofork)) {
                 bb_daemonize_or_rexec(DAEMON_CHDIR_ROOT, argv);
         }
@@ -1068,14 +1076,6 @@ static int NOINLINE syslogd_init(char **argv)
         signal(SIGALRM, do_mark);
         alarm(G.markInterval);
 #endif
-        xmove_fd(create_socket(), STDIN_FILENO);
-
-        if (opts & OPT_circularlog)
-                ipcsyslog_init();
-
-        if (opts & OPT_kmsg)
-                kmsg_init();
-
         return opts;
 }