diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/proc.c b/src/pkg/runtime/proc.c
index eb7dfe4f84..d3ad740136 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/proc.c
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/proc.c
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ runtime·schedinit(void)
 	runtime·sched.maxmcount = 10000;
 	runtime·precisestack = true; // haveexperiment("precisestack");
 
+	runtime·symtabinit();
 	runtime·mallocinit();
 	mcommoninit(m);
 	
@@ -159,9 +160,6 @@ runtime·schedinit(void)
 	runtime·goenvs();
 	runtime·parsedebugvars();
 
-	// Allocate internal symbol table representation now, we need it for GC anyway.
-	runtime·symtabinit();
-
 	runtime·sched.lastpoll = runtime·nanotime();
 	procs = 1;
 	p = runtime·getenv("GOMAXPROCS");