diff --git a/drivers/main.c b/drivers/main.c

index 63d329b7c..3d955de64 100644

--- a/drivers/main.c

+++ b/drivers/main.c

@@ -847,6 +847,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

 	}

 	upsdebugx(1, "debug level is '%d'", nut_debug_level);

+	upsdrv_initups();

+

+	/* UPS is detected now, cleanup upon exit */

+	atexit(upsdrv_cleanup);

+

+	/* now see if things are very wrong out there */

+	if (upsdrv_info.status == DRV_BROKEN) {

+		fatalx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Fatal error: broken driver. It probably needs to be converted.\n");

+	}

+

+	if (do_forceshutdown)

+		forceshutdown();

+

 	new_uid = get_user_pwent(user);

 	if (chroot_path)

@@ -904,19 +917,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

 	 * when its a pdu! */

 	dstate_setinfo("device.type", "ups");

-	upsdrv_initups();

-

-	/* UPS is detected now, cleanup upon exit */

-	atexit(upsdrv_cleanup);

-

-	/* now see if things are very wrong out there */

-	if (upsdrv_info.status == DRV_BROKEN) {

-		fatalx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Fatal error: broken driver. It probably needs to be converted.\n");

-	}

-

-	if (do_forceshutdown)

-		forceshutdown();

-

 	/* publish the top-level data: version numbers, driver name */

 	dstate_setinfo("driver.version", "%s", UPS_VERSION);

 	dstate_setinfo("driver.version.internal", "%s", upsdrv_info.version);

-- 

2.33.5