1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/openssh-server.init b/debian/openssh-server.init
index 59f45edd0..7706b6c39 100644
--- a/debian/openssh-server.init
+++ b/debian/openssh-server.init
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin"
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
+        check_privsep_dir
         check_for_no_start
         check_dev_null
         log_daemon_msg "Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server" "sshd"
-        check_privsep_dir
         if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd -- $SSHD_OPTS; then
             log_end_msg 0
         else