diff --git a/btrfs.c b/btrfs.c
index 1852a217..062bc515 100644
--- a/btrfs.c
+++ b/btrfs.c
@@ -263,8 +263,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const struct cmd_struct *cmd;
 
-	crc32c_optimization_init();
-
 	argc--;
 	argv++;
 	handle_options(&argc, &argv);
@@ -280,6 +278,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	handle_help_options_next_level(cmd, argc, argv);
 
+	crc32c_optimization_init();
+
 	fixup_argv0(argv, cmd->token);
 	exit(cmd->fn(argc, argv));
 }