diff --git a/etc/rc b/etc/rc
index f3a048adc1..bb03c2c2d7 100755
--- a/etc/rc
+++ b/etc/rc
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ cd /var/run && cp /dev/null utmp && chmod 644 utmp
 # Run ldconfig
 /sbin/ldconfig -elf /usr/lib /usr/local/lib /lib
 
+/usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
+
 # let the PHP-based configuration subsystem set up the system now
 /etc/rc.bootup
 
-/usr/local/bin/php -f /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw
-
 echo -n Starting Secure Shell Services...
 /etc/sshd