diff --git a/evdns.c b/evdns.c
index 59c3abe1..a143074d 100644
--- a/evdns.c
+++ b/evdns.c
@@ -3826,17 +3826,18 @@ evdns_base_config_windows_nameservers(struct evdns_base *base)
 	if (base == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	EVDNS_LOCK(base);
+	fname = evdns_get_default_hosts_filename();
+	log(EVDNS_LOG_DEBUG, "Loading hosts entries from %s", fname);
+	evdns_base_load_hosts(base, fname);
+	if (fname)
+		mm_free(fname);
+
 	if (load_nameservers_with_getnetworkparams(base) == 0) {
 		EVDNS_UNLOCK(base);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	r = load_nameservers_from_registry(base);
 
-	fname = evdns_get_default_hosts_filename();
-	evdns_base_load_hosts(base, fname);
-	if (fname)
-		mm_free(fname);
-
 	EVDNS_UNLOCK(base);
 	return r;
 }