diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 998ab2bac..1bb99671d 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -702,16 +702,6 @@ int Curl_ossl_init(void)
   ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
 #endif
 
-  /* Lets get nice error messages */
-  SSL_load_error_strings();
-
-  /* Init the global ciphers and digests */
-  if(!SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms())
-    return 0;
-
-  OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
-
-
   /* OPENSSL_config(NULL); is "strongly recommended" to use but unfortunately
      that function makes an exit() call on wrongly formatted config files
      which makes it hard to use in some situations. OPENSSL_config() itself
@@ -728,6 +718,15 @@ int Curl_ossl_init(void)
                          CONF_MFLAGS_DEFAULT_SECTION|
                          CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE);
 
+  /* Lets get nice error messages */
+  SSL_load_error_strings();
+
+  /* Init the global ciphers and digests */
+  if(!SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms())
+    return 0;
+
+  OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
+
   return 1;
 }