diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/kiwi-repart-disk.sh b/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/kiwi-repart-disk.sh
index 253d306e..8caf53ff 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/kiwi-repart-disk.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/90kiwi-repart/kiwi-repart-disk.sh
@@ -279,14 +279,6 @@ PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 
 setup_debug
 
-# initialize for disk repartition
-initialize
-
-if ! disk_has_unallocated_space "${disk}";then
-    # already resized or disk has not received any geometry change
-    return
-fi
-
 # when repartitioning disks, parted and friends might trigger re-reads of
 # the partition table, in turn triggering systemd-fsck-root.service
 # repeatedly via udev events, which finally can cause booting to fail with
@@ -303,6 +295,14 @@ trap unmask_fsck_root_service EXIT
 
 mask_fsck_root_service
 
+# initialize for disk repartition
+initialize
+
+if ! disk_has_unallocated_space "${disk}";then
+    # already resized or disk has not received any geometry change
+    return
+fi
+
 # prepare disk for repartition
 if [ "$(get_partition_table_type "${disk}")" = 'gpt' ];then
     relocate_gpt_at_end_of_disk "${disk}"