diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index c09ad97a701..792f690797d 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -2011,6 +2011,9 @@ Using an Emacs configured with --with-x-toolkit=lucid does not have this problem
   /* Init buffer storage and default directory of main buffer.  */
   init_buffer ();
 
+  /* Must precede init_cmdargs and init_sys_modes.  */
+  init_callproc_1 ();
+
   /* Must precede init_lread.  */
   init_cmdargs (argc, argv, skip_args, original_pwd);