diff --git a/lisp/loadup.el b/lisp/loadup.el
index 507f3d55e40..1a6aafb6aad 100644
--- a/lisp/loadup.el
+++ b/lisp/loadup.el
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
 (load "international/mule-cmds")
 (load "case-table")
 (load "international/characters")
-(load "international/ccl")
 (load "international/utf-8")
 
 (let ((set-case-syntax-set-multibyte t))
@@ -159,6 +158,7 @@
       (load "dos-w32")
       (load "dos-fns")
       (load "dos-vars")
+      (load "international/ccl") ; for cpNNN coding systems in codepage.el
       (load "international/codepage")	; internal.el uses cpNNN coding systems
       (load "disp-table"))) ; needed to setup ibm-pc char set, see internal.el
 (if (eq system-type 'macos)