@@ -526,6 +526,14 @@ func NewDaemon(config *config.Config, registryService registry.Service, containe

 		}

 	}()

+	// set up SIGUSR1 handler on Unix-like systems, or a Win32 global event

+	// on Windows to dump Go routine stacks

+	stackDumpDir := config.Root

+	if execRoot := config.GetExecRoot(); execRoot != "" {

+		stackDumpDir = execRoot

+	}

+	d.setupDumpStackTrap(stackDumpDir)

+

 	if err := d.setupSeccompProfile(); err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	}

@@ -714,14 +722,6 @@ func NewDaemon(config *config.Config, registryService registry.Service, containe

 	engineCpus.Set(float64(info.NCPU))

 	engineMemory.Set(float64(info.MemTotal))

-	// set up SIGUSR1 handler on Unix-like systems, or a Win32 global event

-	// on Windows to dump Go routine stacks

-	stackDumpDir := config.Root

-	if execRoot := config.GetExecRoot(); execRoot != "" {

-		stackDumpDir = execRoot

-	}

-	d.setupDumpStackTrap(stackDumpDir)

-

 	return d, nil

 }