--- src/sys/dev/acpica5/acpi.c	2007/01/17 17:31:19	1.28
+++ src/sys/dev/acpica5/acpi.c	2007/01/25 02:43:35	1.29
@@ -429,6 +429,11 @@ acpi_attach(device_t dev)
     sc->acpi_dev = dev;
     callout_init(&sc->acpi_sleep_timer);
 
+    if ((error = acpi_task_thread_init())) {
+	device_printf(dev, "Could not start task thread.\n");
+	goto out;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Set the globals from our tunables.  This is needed because ACPI-CA
      * uses UINT8 for some values and we have no tunable_byte.
@@ -658,9 +663,6 @@ acpi_attach(device_t dev)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if ((error = acpi_task_thread_init()))
-	goto out;
-
     if ((error = acpi_machdep_init(dev)))
 	goto out;