diff --git a/libguile/init.c b/libguile/init.c
index 9ffc90a72..33857b709 100644
--- a/libguile/init.c
+++ b/libguile/init.c
@@ -443,6 +443,11 @@ scm_i_init_guile (SCM_STACKITEM *base)
   scm_smob_prehistory ();
   scm_symbols_prehistory ();      /* requires weaks_prehistory */
   scm_modules_prehistory ();
+  scm_init_array_handle ();
+  scm_init_generalized_arrays ();
+  scm_init_generalized_vectors ();
+  scm_init_strings ();            /* Requires array-handle, generalized-vectors */
+  scm_init_struct ();             /* Requires strings */
   scm_init_variable ();
   scm_init_continuations ();      /* requires smob_prehistory */
   scm_init_root ();		  /* requires continuations */
@@ -504,21 +509,16 @@ scm_i_init_guile (SCM_STACKITEM *base)
   scm_init_srcprop ();     /* requires smob_prehistory */
   scm_init_stackchk ();
 
-  scm_init_array_handle ();
-  scm_init_generalized_arrays ();
-  scm_init_generalized_vectors ();
-  scm_init_vectors ();
+  scm_init_vectors ();  /* Requires array-handle, generalized-vectors */
   scm_init_uniform ();
-  scm_init_bitvectors ();  /* Requires smob_prehistory */
-  scm_bootstrap_bytevectors ();
-  scm_init_srfi_4 ();  /* requires smob_prehistory */
-  scm_init_arrays ();  /* Requires smob_prehistory */
+  scm_init_bitvectors ();  /* Requires smob_prehistory, array-handle, generalized-vectors */
+  scm_bootstrap_bytevectors ();  /* Requires smob_prehistory, array-handle, generalized-vectors */
+  scm_init_srfi_4 ();  /* Requires smob_prehistory, array-handle, generalized-vectors */
+  scm_init_arrays ();    /* Requires smob_prehistory, array-handle */
   scm_init_array_map ();
 
   scm_bootstrap_vm ();  /* requires smob_prehistory, gc_permanent_object */
 
-  scm_init_strings ();  /* Requires array-handle */
-  scm_init_struct ();   /* Requires strings */
   scm_init_frames ();   /* Requires smob_prehistory */
   scm_init_stacks ();   /* Requires strings, struct, frames */
   scm_init_symbols ();