diff --git a/docs/source/whats_new.rst b/docs/source/whats_new.rst
index f7fcb0cf5..060b1eb22 100644
--- a/docs/source/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whats_new.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Bugs
 - Fix :func:`moabb.benchmark` overwriting ``include_datasets`` list (:gh:`408` by `Pierre Guetschel`_)
 - Fix :func:`moabb.paradigms.base.BaseParadigm` using attributes before defining them  (PR :gh:`408`, issue :gh:`425` by `Pierre Guetschel`_)
 - Fix :func:`moabb.paradigms.FakeImageryParadigm`, :func:`moabb.paradigms.FakeP300Paradigm` and :func:`moabb.paradigms.FakeSSVEPParadigm` ``is_valid`` methods to only accept the correct datasets (PR :gh:`408` by `Pierre Guetschel`_)
+- Fix ``dataset_list`` construction, which could be empty due to bad import order (PR :gh:`449` by `Thomas Moreau`_).
 
 API changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -368,3 +369,4 @@ API changes
 .. _Jan Sosulski: https://github.com/jsosulski
 .. _Pierre Guetschel: https://github.com/PierreGtch
 .. _Ludovic Darmet: https://github.com/ludovicdmt
+.. _Thomas Moreau: https://github.com/tommoral
diff --git a/moabb/datasets/__init__.py b/moabb/datasets/__init__.py
index e85bb27e9..6f42e3e16 100644
--- a/moabb/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/moabb/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -46,5 +46,11 @@
 from .ssvep_nakanishi import Nakanishi2015
 from .ssvep_wang import Wang2016
 from .upper_limb import Ofner2017
+from .utils import _init_dataset_list
 from .Weibo2014 import Weibo2014
 from .Zhou2016 import Zhou2016
+
+
+# Call this last in order to make sure the dataset list contains all
+# the datasets imported in this file.
+_init_dataset_list()
diff --git a/moabb/datasets/utils.py b/moabb/datasets/utils.py
index 7262f5b2f..6bafff7ce 100644
--- a/moabb/datasets/utils.py
+++ b/moabb/datasets/utils.py
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ def _init_dataset_list():
             dataset_list.append(ds[1])
 
 
-_init_dataset_list()
-
-
 def dataset_search(  # noqa: C901
     paradigm=None,
     multi_session=False,
diff --git a/moabb/tests/datasets.py b/moabb/tests/datasets.py
index cb4bc53fd..0be586e9c 100644
--- a/moabb/tests/datasets.py
+++ b/moabb/tests/datasets.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+import inspect
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 import mne
 
+from moabb import datasets as db
 from moabb.datasets import Shin2017A, Shin2017B, VirtualReality
+from moabb.datasets.base import BaseDataset
 from moabb.datasets.compound_dataset import CompoundDataset
 from moabb.datasets.fake import FakeDataset, FakeVirtualRealityDataset
-from moabb.datasets.utils import block_rep
+from moabb.datasets.utils import block_rep, dataset_list
 from moabb.paradigms import P300
 
 
@@ -147,6 +150,16 @@ def test_dataset_accept(self):
             if mne.get_config("MNE_DATASETS_BBCIFNIRS_PATH") is None:
                 self.assertRaises(AttributeError, ds.get_data, [1])
 
+    def test_dataset_list(self):
+        all_datasets = len(
+            [
+                issubclass(c, BaseDataset)
+                for c in db.__dict__.values()
+                if inspect.isclass(c)
+            ]
+        )
+        assert len(dataset_list) == all_datasets
+
 
 class Test_VirtualReality_Dataset(unittest.TestCase):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):