diff --git a/src/libsodium/sodium/core.c b/src/libsodium/sodium/core.c
index e3d105f2..bf197b76 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/sodium/core.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/sodium/core.c
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ sodium_init(void)
     if (initialized != 0) {
         return 1;
     }
-    initialized = 1;
     if (crypto_onetimeauth_pick_best_implementation() == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
+    initialized = 1;
+
     return 0;
 }