diff --git a/src/sys/silo.c b/src/sys/silo.c
index 73c3c0c2..56f525e9 100644
--- a/src/sys/silo.c
+++ b/src/sys/silo.c
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ NTSTATUS FspSiloInitialize(FSP_SILO_INIT_CALLBACK Init, FSP_SILO_FINI_CALLBACK F
 {
     NTSTATUS Result = STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
+    ExInitializeFastMutex(&FspSiloListMutex);
+    InitializeListHead(&FspSiloList);
+
     if (FspIsNtDdiVersionAvailable(NTDDI_WIN10_RS5))
     {
         ULONG Fail = 0;
@@ -321,9 +324,6 @@ NTSTATUS FspSiloInitialize(FSP_SILO_INIT_CALLBACK Init, FSP_SILO_FINI_CALLBACK F
             if (!NT_SUCCESS(Result))
                 goto exit;
 
-            ExInitializeFastMutex(&FspSiloListMutex);
-            InitializeListHead(&FspSiloList);
-
             FspSiloMonitor = Monitor;
             FspSiloInitCallback = Init;
             FspSiloFiniCallback = Fini;