diff --git a/src/daemon/main.c b/src/daemon/main.c
index f1810c5f1..59f931219 100644
--- a/src/daemon/main.c
+++ b/src/daemon/main.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     c->server_type = conf->local_server_type;
 #endif
 
+    pa_core_check_idle(c);
+
+    c->state = PA_CORE_RUNNING;
+
     pa_cpu_init(&c->cpu_info);
 
     pa_assert_se(pa_signal_init(pa_mainloop_get_api(mainloop)) == 0);
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/core.c b/src/pulsecore/core.c
index 335f8029e..c28c5312b 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/core.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/core.c
@@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ pa_core* pa_core_new(pa_mainloop_api *m, bool shared, bool enable_memfd, size_t
     pa_check_signal_is_blocked(SIGPIPE);
 #endif
 
-    pa_core_check_idle(c);
-
-    c->state = PA_CORE_RUNNING;
-
     return c;
 }