diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 95640622bc1..0b748ccfbe1 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -528,6 +528,35 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* Initialize paths to installation files */
 	getInstallationPaths(argv[0]);
 
+	/*
+	 * Set up signal handlers for the postmaster process.
+	 *
+	 * CAUTION: when changing this list, check for side-effects on the signal
+	 * handling setup of child processes.  See tcop/postgres.c,
+	 * bootstrap/bootstrap.c, postmaster/bgwriter.c, postmaster/walwriter.c,
+	 * postmaster/autovacuum.c, postmaster/pgarch.c, postmaster/pgstat.c,
+	 * postmaster/syslogger.c and postmaster/checkpointer.c.
+	 */
+	pqinitmask();
+	PG_SETMASK(&BlockSig);
+
+	pqsignal(SIGHUP, SIGHUP_handler);	/* reread config file and have
+										 * children do same */
+	pqsignal(SIGINT, pmdie);	/* send SIGTERM and shut down */
+	pqsignal(SIGQUIT, pmdie);	/* send SIGQUIT and die */
+	pqsignal(SIGTERM, pmdie);	/* wait for children and shut down */
+	pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
+	pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
+	pqsignal(SIGUSR1, sigusr1_handler); /* message from child process */
+	pqsignal(SIGUSR2, dummy_handler);	/* unused, reserve for children */
+	pqsignal(SIGCHLD, reaper);	/* handle child termination */
+	pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
+	pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
+	/* ignore SIGXFSZ, so that ulimit violations work like disk full */
+#ifdef SIGXFSZ
+	pqsignal(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Options setup
 	 */
@@ -1031,35 +1060,6 @@ PostmasterMain(int argc, char *argv[])
 						 progname, external_pid_file, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Set up signal handlers for the postmaster process.
-	 *
-	 * CAUTION: when changing this list, check for side-effects on the signal
-	 * handling setup of child processes.  See tcop/postgres.c,
-	 * bootstrap/bootstrap.c, postmaster/bgwriter.c, postmaster/walwriter.c,
-	 * postmaster/autovacuum.c, postmaster/pgarch.c, postmaster/pgstat.c,
-	 * postmaster/syslogger.c and postmaster/checkpointer.c.
-	 */
-	pqinitmask();
-	PG_SETMASK(&BlockSig);
-
-	pqsignal(SIGHUP, SIGHUP_handler);	/* reread config file and have
-										 * children do same */
-	pqsignal(SIGINT, pmdie);	/* send SIGTERM and shut down */
-	pqsignal(SIGQUIT, pmdie);	/* send SIGQUIT and die */
-	pqsignal(SIGTERM, pmdie);	/* wait for children and shut down */
-	pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
-	pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
-	pqsignal(SIGUSR1, sigusr1_handler); /* message from child process */
-	pqsignal(SIGUSR2, dummy_handler);	/* unused, reserve for children */
-	pqsignal(SIGCHLD, reaper);	/* handle child termination */
-	pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
-	pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
-	/* ignore SIGXFSZ, so that ulimit violations work like disk full */
-#ifdef SIGXFSZ
-	pqsignal(SIGXFSZ, SIG_IGN); /* ignored */
-#endif
-
 	/*
 	 * If enabled, start up syslogger collection subprocess
 	 */