diff --git a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
index 5eab3b78239b3828733c176d8de4dfded9f5cc38..9e29f90f8f6aa95607aa1728aab3f4be38a0b518 100644
--- a/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
+++ b/runtime/starpu/control/runtime_control.c
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ static int chameleon_starpu_init( starpu_conf_t *conf )
 {
     int hres;
 
+#if defined(STARPU_USE_FXT)
+    starpu_fxt_autostart_profiling(0);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CHAMELEON_USE_MPI)
 
     {
@@ -40,10 +44,6 @@ static int chameleon_starpu_init( starpu_conf_t *conf )
         MPI_Initialized( &flag );
 #  endif
 
-#if defined(STARPU_USE_FXT)
-        starpu_fxt_autostart_profiling(0);
-#endif
-
 #  if defined(HAVE_STARPU_MPI_INIT_CONF)
         hres = starpu_mpi_init_conf(NULL, NULL, !flag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, conf);
 #  else