diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
index 1990aa5261..e10980a6d9 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/engine.rb
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
-    initializer :load_config_initializers do
-      paths.config.initializers.to_a.sort.each do |initializer|
-        load(initializer)
-      end
-    end
-
     initializer :load_environment_config, :before => :load_environment_hook do
       environment = config.paths.config.environments.to_a.first
       require environment if environment
@@ -454,6 +448,12 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
 
+    initializer :load_config_initializers do
+      paths.config.initializers.to_a.sort.each do |initializer|
+        load(initializer)
+      end
+    end
+
     initializer :engines_blank_point do
       # We need this initializer so all extra initializers added in engines are
       # consistently executed after all the initializers above across all engines.
diff --git a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
index 3049011477..0cc729907e 100644
--- a/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/railties/engine_test.rb
@@ -55,12 +55,19 @@ module RailtiesTest
 
       initializers = Rails.application.initializers.tsort
       index        = initializers.index { |i| i.name == "dummy_initializer" }
+      selection    = initializers[(index-3)..(index)].map(&:name).map(&:to_s)
+
+      assert_equal %w(
+       load_config_initializers
+       load_config_initializers
+       engines_blank_point
+       dummy_initializer
+      ), selection
 
-      assert index > initializers.index { |i| i.name == :load_config_initializers }
-      assert index > initializers.index { |i| i.name == :engines_blank_point }
       assert index < initializers.index { |i| i.name == :build_middleware_stack }
     end
 
+
     class Upcaser
       def initialize(app)
         @app = app