1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index b39f22ed35..9ef217363f 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -3584,6 +3584,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
             add_device_config(DEV_VIRTCON, "vc:80Cx24C");
     }
 
+    if (init_timer_alarm() < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "could not initialize alarm timer\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
     socket_init();
 
     if (qemu_opts_foreach(qemu_find_opts("chardev"), chardev_init_func, NULL, 1) != 0)
@@ -3651,11 +3656,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     os_set_line_buffering();
 
-    if (init_timer_alarm() < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "could not initialize alarm timer\n");
-        exit(1);
-    }
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPICE
     /* spice needs the timers to be initialized by this point */
     qemu_spice_init();