diff --git a/src/context.c b/src/context.c
index dedfbbe8..611172e7 100644
--- a/src/context.c
+++ b/src/context.c
@@ -843,6 +843,9 @@ getdns_context_create_with_extended_memory_functions(
 	/* unbound context is initialized here */
 	/* Unbound needs SSL to be init'ed this early when TLS is used. However we
 	 * don't know that till later so we will have to do this every time. */
+	result->has_ta = priv_getdns_parse_ta_file(
+	    NULL, result->dnssec_trust_anchors);
+	
 	SSL_library_init();
 	result->unbound_ctx = NULL;
 	if ((r = rebuild_ub_ctx(result)))
@@ -853,9 +856,6 @@ getdns_context_create_with_extended_memory_functions(
 	    getdns_list_create_with_context(result)))
 		goto error;
 
-	result->has_ta = priv_getdns_parse_ta_file(
-	    NULL, result->dnssec_trust_anchors);
-	
 	*context = result;
 	return GETDNS_RETURN_GOOD;
 error: