diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go b/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
index 27a79e61a4..71e235a1da 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -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
 }