diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index de1e8cc..dcbf68d 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.183 2002/08/29 16:02:54 stevesk Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh.c,v 1.184 2002/08/29 19:49:42 stevesk Exp $");
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
@@ -228,6 +228,15 @@
 	 */
 	original_real_uid = getuid();
 	original_effective_uid = geteuid();
+ 
+	/*
+	 * Use uid-swapping to give up root privileges for the duration of
+	 * option processing.  We will re-instantiate the rights when we are
+	 * ready to create the privileged port, and will permanently drop
+	 * them when the port has been created (actually, when the connection
+	 * has been made, as we may need to create the port several times).
+	 */
+	PRIV_END;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETRLIMIT
 	/* If we are installed setuid root be careful to not drop core. */
@@ -248,15 +257,6 @@
 	pw = pwcopy(pw);
 
 	/*
-	 * Use uid-swapping to give up root privileges for the duration of
-	 * option processing.  We will re-instantiate the rights when we are
-	 * ready to create the privileged port, and will permanently drop
-	 * them when the port has been created (actually, when the connection
-	 * has been made, as we may need to create the port several times).
-	 */
-	PRIV_END;
-
-	/*
 	 * Set our umask to something reasonable, as some files are created
 	 * with the default umask.  This will make them world-readable but
 	 * writable only by the owner, which is ok for all files for which we