diff --git a/pandatool/src/ptloader/config_ptloader.cxx b/pandatool/src/ptloader/config_ptloader.cxx
index e3fb3f9dd9..a5b012a5dc 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/ptloader/config_ptloader.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/ptloader/config_ptloader.cxx
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ init_libptloader() {
   LoaderFileTypeRegistry *reg = LoaderFileTypeRegistry::get_global_ptr();
 
   init_liblwo();
+  init_libflt();
+
   FltToEggConverter *flt = new FltToEggConverter;
   reg->register_type(new LoaderFileTypePandatool(flt));
 
-  init_libflt();
   LwoToEggConverter *lwo = new LwoToEggConverter;
   reg->register_type(new LoaderFileTypePandatool(lwo));