diff --git a/lib/Cake/Controller/CakeErrorController.php b/lib/Cake/Controller/CakeErrorController.php
index c1835fd6eb0..53f50021770 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Controller/CakeErrorController.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Controller/CakeErrorController.php
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ public function __construct($request = null, $response = null) {
 		if ($this->Components->enabled('Security')) {
 			$this->Components->disable('Security');
 		}
-		$this->startupProcess();
-
 		$this->_set(array('cacheAction' => false, 'viewPath' => 'Errors'));
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Error/ExceptionRenderer.php b/lib/Cake/Error/ExceptionRenderer.php
index 3be08d26cd6..b315a36cd8d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Error/ExceptionRenderer.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Error/ExceptionRenderer.php
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ protected function _getController($exception) {
 		$response = new CakeResponse(array('charset' => Configure::read('App.encoding')));
 		try {
 			$controller = new CakeErrorController($request, $response);
+			$controller->startupProcess();
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			if (!empty($controller) && $controller->Components->enabled('RequestHandler')) {
+				$controller->RequestHandler->startup($controller);
+			}
 		}
 		if (empty($controller)) {
 			$controller = new Controller($request, $response);