diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index eae02aa..fcadfa6 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1009,12 +1009,6 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 
 	do_basic_setup();
 
-	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
-	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
-		pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
-
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
-	(void) sys_dup(0);
 	/*
 	 * check if there is an early userspace init.  If yes, let it do all
 	 * the work
@@ -1031,6 +1025,12 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 		sys_mount("dev", "dev", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, NULL);
 	}
 
+	/* Open the /dev/console on the rootfs, this should never fail */
+	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
+		pr_err("Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
+	(void) sys_dup(0);
+	(void) sys_dup(0);
+
 	/*
 	 * Ok, we have completed the initial bootup, and
 	 * we're essentially up and running. Get rid of the