diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index d9a6fcdb4a57..8457ad666c81 100644
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
 
   this.output = output;
   this.input = input;
-  input.resume();
 
   // Check arity, 2 - for async, 1 for sync
   this.completer = completer.length === 2 ? completer : function(v, callback) {
@@ -137,6 +136,8 @@ function Interface(input, output, completer, terminal) {
       output.removeListener('resize', onresize);
     });
   }
+
+  input.resume();
 }
 
 inherits(Interface, EventEmitter);