diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index 9a560b3..201c9cf 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -2168,6 +2168,10 @@ ERROR: ld.so: object '%s' cannot be loaded as audit interface: %s; ignored.\n",
      we need it in the memory handling later.  */
   GLRO(dl_initial_searchlist) = *GL(dl_ns)[LM_ID_BASE]._ns_main_searchlist;
 
+  /* Remember the last search directory added at startup, now that
+     malloc will no longer be the one from dl-minimal.c.  */
+  GLRO(dl_init_all_dirs) = GL(dl_all_dirs);
+
   if (prelinked)
     {
       if (main_map->l_info [ADDRIDX (DT_GNU_CONFLICT)] != NULL)
@@ -2288,10 +2292,6 @@ ERROR: ld.so: object '%s' cannot be loaded as audit interface: %s; ignored.\n",
 			  lossage);
     }
 
-  /* Remember the last search directory added at startup, now that
-     malloc will no longer be the one from dl-minimal.c.  */
-  GLRO(dl_init_all_dirs) = GL(dl_all_dirs);
-
   if (! prelinked && rtld_multiple_ref)
     {
       /* There was an explicit ref to the dynamic linker as a shared lib.