diff --git a/src/redis-check-rdb.c b/src/redis-check-rdb.c
index 335e35189..4f451969a 100644
--- a/src/redis-check-rdb.c
+++ b/src/redis-check-rdb.c
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ int redis_check_rdb(char *rdbfilename, FILE *fp) {
     int closefile = (fp == NULL);
     if (fp == NULL && (fp = fopen(rdbfilename,"r")) == NULL) return 1;
 
+    startLoadingFile(fp, rdbfilename, RDBFLAGS_NONE);
     rioInitWithFile(&rdb,fp);
     rdbstate.rio = &rdb;
     rdb.update_cksum = rdbLoadProgressCallback;
@@ -208,7 +209,6 @@ int redis_check_rdb(char *rdbfilename, FILE *fp) {
     }
 
     expiretime = -1;
-    startLoadingFile(fp, rdbfilename, RDBFLAGS_NONE);
     while(1) {
         robj *key, *val;