diff --git a/src/afs/afs_call.c b/src/afs/afs_call.c
index 68a313aa0d..5d1978bb15 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_call.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_call.c
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@ afs_syscall_call(parm, parm2, parm3, parm4, parm5, parm6)
 #if	(!defined(AFS_NONFSTRANS)) || defined(AFS_AIX_IAUTH_ENV)
 	afs_nfsclient_init();
 #endif
+	afs_uuid_create(&afs_cb_interface.uuid);
 	printf("found %d non-empty cache files (%d%%).\n",
 	       afs_stats_cmperf.cacheFilesReused,
 	       (100 * afs_stats_cmperf.cacheFilesReused) /
@@ -893,7 +894,6 @@ afs_syscall_call(parm, parm2, parm3, parm4, parm5, parm6)
 	    afs_cb_interface.mtu[i] = (parm5 ? mtubuffer[i] : htonl(1500));
 #endif
 	}
-	afs_uuid_create(&afs_cb_interface.uuid);
 	rxi_setaddr(buffer[0]);
 	if (rxbind)
 	    rx_bindhost = buffer[0];