diff --git a/src/wp-settings.php b/src/wp-settings.php
index 2479420742d0a..12d7f96655996 100644
--- a/src/wp-settings.php
+++ b/src/wp-settings.php
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/block-template-utils.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/block-template.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-templates.php';
-require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-previews.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/template.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/https-detection.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/https-migration.php';
@@ -483,6 +482,9 @@
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pluggable.php';
 require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/pluggable-deprecated.php';
 
+// This should be after the pluggable functions are loaded since it runs `wp_get_current_user`.
+require ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-previews.php';
+
 // Set internal encoding.
 wp_set_internal_encoding();