diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index ca1c9a1a1..46a4ce5e7 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -936,7 +936,6 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
         UmountDebugRamdisk();
     }
 
-    SelinuxSetupKernelLogging();
     PropertyInit();
 
     // Umount second stage resources after property service has read the .prop files.
@@ -951,6 +950,7 @@ int SecondStageMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     MountExtraFilesystems();
 
     // Now set up SELinux for second stage.
+    SelinuxSetupKernelLogging();
     SelabelInitialize();
     SelinuxRestoreContext();