diff --git a/sh/init-early.sh.Linux.in b/sh/init-early.sh.Linux.in
index f5469511..3a81ef94 100644
--- a/sh/init-early.sh.Linux.in
+++ b/sh/init-early.sh.Linux.in
@@ -5,6 +5,30 @@
 : ${CONSOLE:=/dev/console}
 : ${RC_LIBEXECDIR:=@LIBEXECDIR@}
 
+# Mount tmpfs on /run when directory exists.
+# /run is a new directory for storing volatile runtime data.
+# Read more about /run at https://lwn.net/Articles/436012
+if [ -d /run ]; then
+	if mountinfo -q /run; then
+		einfo "/run is already mounted, skipping"
+	else
+		ebegin "Mounting /run"
+		if ! fstabinfo --mount /run; then
+			mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755,nosuid,nodev tmpfs /run
+		fi
+		eend $?
+	fi
+	if [ ! -d /run/lock ]; then
+		mkdir /run/lock
+	fi
+	if [ -d /run/lock ]; then
+		chown root:uucp /run/lock
+		chmod 0775 /run/lock
+	fi
+elif [ -e /run ]; then
+	einfo "Unable to mount /run since it is not a directory"
+fi
+
 if [ -e "$RC_LIBEXECDIR"/console/unicode ]; then
 	termencoding="%G"
 	kmode="-u"
diff --git a/sh/init.sh.Linux.in b/sh/init.sh.Linux.in
index b3574344..d01cc7b7 100644
--- a/sh/init.sh.Linux.in
+++ b/sh/init.sh.Linux.in
@@ -91,30 +91,6 @@ if $mountproc; then
 	eend $?
 fi
 
-# Mount tmpfs on /run when directory exists.
-# /run is a new directory for storing volatile runtime data.
-# Read more about /run at https://lwn.net/Articles/436012
-if [ -d /run ]; then
-	if mountinfo -q /run; then
-		einfo "/run is already mounted, skipping"
-	else
-		ebegin "Mounting /run"
-		if ! fstabinfo --mount /run; then
-			mount -t tmpfs -o mode=0755,nosuid,nodev tmpfs /run
-		fi
-		eend $?
-	fi
-	if [ ! -d /run/lock ]; then
-		mkdir /run/lock
-	fi
-	if [ -d /run/lock ]; then
-		chown root:uucp /run/lock
-		chmod 0775 /run/lock
-	fi
-elif [ -e /run ]; then
-	einfo "Unable to mount /run since it is not a directory"
-fi
-
 # Try to mount xenfs as early as possible, otherwise rc_sys() will always
 # return RC_SYS_XENU and will think that we are in a domU while it's not.
 if grep -Eq "[[:space:]]+xenfs$" /proc/filesystems; then