:: commit 56ceffb44b60e0f04622b1c88b711fc05374ffc6

diff --git a/stage23/entry.s3.c b/stage23/entry.s3.c
index 81f11843..0d1c48e5 100644
--- a/stage23/entry.s3.c
+++ b/stage23/entry.s3.c
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ __attribute__((section(".stage3_entry")))
 #endif
 __attribute__((noreturn))
 void stage3_common(void) {
-    init_flush_irqs();
-    init_io_apics();
-
     volume_iterate_parts(boot_volume,
         if (!init_config_disk(_PART)) {
             boot_volume = _PART;
@@ -145,6 +142,9 @@ void stage3_common(void) {
     if (randomise_mem)
         pmm_randomise_memory();
 
+    init_flush_irqs();
+    init_io_apics();
+
     if (verbose) {
         print("Boot drive: %x\n", boot_volume->index);
         print("Boot partition: %d\n", boot_volume->partition);