diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 22cddd3e5de8433952e99438d3260ae9ff20bd8d..5cccc127ef81f1d64ca46f9ce9ad50f519d4ea9f 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2063,10 +2063,10 @@ static struct notifier_block ratelimit_nb = {
  */
 void __init page_writeback_init(void)
 {
+	BUG_ON(wb_domain_init(&global_wb_domain, GFP_KERNEL));
+
 	writeback_set_ratelimit();
 	register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
-
-	BUG_ON(wb_domain_init(&global_wb_domain, GFP_KERNEL));
 }
 
 /**