diff --git a/mplayer.c b/mplayer.c
index 869482b03a..c53093ea32 100644
--- a/mplayer.c
+++ b/mplayer.c
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@ if(!parse_codec_cfg(get_path("codecs.conf"))){
   if ( !use_gui ) load_termcap(NULL); // load key-codes
 #endif
 
+// ========== Init keyboard FIFO (connection to libvo) ============
+make_pipe(&keyb_fifo_get,&keyb_fifo_put);
 
   //========= Catch terminate signals: ================
   // terminate requests:
@@ -921,10 +923,6 @@ if(auto_quality>0){
      sh_audio=d_audio->sh=NULL;
    }
 
-// ========== Init keyboard FIFO (connection to libvo) ============
-
-make_pipe(&keyb_fifo_get,&keyb_fifo_put);
-
 // ========== Init display (sh_video->disp_w*sh_video->disp_h/out_fmt) ============
 
 current_module="init_libvo";