diff --git a/board/common/overlay-initramfs/init b/board/common/overlay-initramfs/init
index 0316595994..575d668787 100755
--- a/board/common/overlay-initramfs/init
+++ b/board/common/overlay-initramfs/init
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ trap on_exit EXIT
 msg "Waiting for sdcard"
 sleep 2
 
+msg "Mounting pseudo filesystems"
+mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
+mount -t proc proc /proc
+
 if [ -x /prepare_initramfs ]; then
     msg "Preparing initramfs"
     /prepare_initramfs
 fi
 
-msg "Mounting pseudo filesystems"
-mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev
-mount -t proc proc /proc
-
 msg "Mounting boot partition"
 mount $BOOT_DEV /boot