diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 0b5d0d1..4e16320 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@
 	PyDict_SetItemString(interp->sysdict, "modules",
 			     interp->modules);
 
+	_PyImport_Init();
+
 	/* phase 2 of builtins */
 	_PyBuiltin_Init_2(interp->builtins);
 	_PyImport_FixupExtension("__builtin__", "__builtin__");
 
-	_PyImport_Init();
-
 	initsigs(); /* Signal handling stuff, including initintr() */
 
 	initmain(); /* Module __main__ */