diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b6fcd1344e..e3ac8b9d32 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Mar 16 13:15:11 EDT 2009 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/qemu_driver.c: Initialize security driver after config parsing
+
 Mon Mar 16 13:12:59 EDT 2009 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/test.c: Fix test driver 'save' deadlock
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index fa31e06015..fb04834f87 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ qemudStartup(void) {
     if ((qemu_driver->caps = qemudCapsInit()) == NULL)
         goto out_of_memory;
 
-    if (qemudSecurityInit(qemu_driver) < 0) {
+    if (qemudLoadDriverConfig(qemu_driver, driverConf) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (qemudLoadDriverConfig(qemu_driver, driverConf) < 0) {
+    if (qemudSecurityInit(qemu_driver) < 0) {
         goto error;
     }