diff --git a/platform/avr-rss2/contiki-main.c b/platform/avr-rss2/contiki-main.c
index 35628c2da..f220a168a 100644
--- a/platform/avr-rss2/contiki-main.c
+++ b/platform/avr-rss2/contiki-main.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ initialize(void)
 /* rtimers needed for radio cycling */
   rtimer_init();
 
+/* we can initialize the energest arrays here */
+  energest_init();
 /* after the timer intitialisation we start the cpu measurement */
   ENERGEST_ON(ENERGEST_TYPE_CPU);
 
@@ -462,9 +464,6 @@ main(void)
 #if NETSTACK_CONF_WITH_IPV6
   uip_ds6_nbr_t *nbr;
 #endif /* NETSTACK_CONF_WITH_IPV6 */
-
-/* we can initialize the energest here, before the hardware */
-  energest_init();
  
 
   initialize();