1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index b6237c31b0e2..82f22885c87e 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
 {
         int is_floppy;
 
+        if (root_delay) {
+                printk(KERN_INFO "Waiting %d sec before mounting root device...\n",
+                       root_delay);
+                ssleep(root_delay);
+        }
+
         /*
          * wait for the known devices to complete their probing
          *
@@ -565,12 +571,6 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
         if (initrd_load())
                 goto out;
 
-        if (root_delay) {
-                pr_info("Waiting %d sec before mounting root device...\n",
-                        root_delay);
-                ssleep(root_delay);
-        }
-
         /* wait for any asynchronous scanning to complete */
         if ((ROOT_DEV == 0) && root_wait) {
                 printk(KERN_INFO "Waiting for root device %s...\n",