diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index 09cdd63c..0dbf7f4c 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -3660,6 +3660,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (server.daemonize) createPidFile();
     redisSetProcTitle(argv[0]);
     redisAsciiArt();
+    checkTcpBacklogSettings();
 
     if (!server.sentinel_mode) {
         /* Things not needed when running in Sentinel mode. */
@@ -3667,7 +3668,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     #ifdef __linux__
         linuxMemoryWarnings();
     #endif
-        checkTcpBacklogSettings();
         loadDataFromDisk();
         if (server.cluster_enabled) {
             if (verifyClusterConfigWithData() == REDIS_ERR) {