diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7a015eccc6cd483a0db5de25e31b6fed333349d8..f7560de622a5b2a071b62429ee9473f5d2d9154f 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -4418,6 +4418,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     configure_accelerator(current_machine);
 
+    /*
+     * Register all the global properties, including accel properties,
+     * machine properties, and user-specified ones.
+     */
+    register_global_properties(current_machine);
+
+    /*
+     * Migration object can only be created after global properties
+     * are applied correctly.
+     */
+    migration_object_init();
+
     if (qtest_chrdev) {
         qtest_init(qtest_chrdev, qtest_log, &error_fatal);
     }
@@ -4601,18 +4613,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             exit (i == 1 ? 1 : 0);
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Register all the global properties, including accel properties,
-     * machine properties, and user-specified ones.
-     */
-    register_global_properties(current_machine);
-
-    /*
-     * Migration object can only be created after global properties
-     * are applied correctly.
-     */
-    migration_object_init();
-
     /* This checkpoint is required by replay to separate prior clock
        reading from the other reads, because timer polling functions query
        clock values from the log. */