diff --git a/ports/stm32/main.c b/ports/stm32/main.c
index cc0367b824e0..15be21d48132 100644
--- a/ports/stm32/main.c
+++ b/ports/stm32/main.c
@@ -411,6 +411,21 @@ void stm32_main(uint32_t reset_mode) {
     rtc_init_start(false);
     #endif
     uart_init0();
+
+    #if defined(MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL)
+    // Set up a UART REPL using a statically allocated object
+    pyb_uart_repl_obj.base.type = &pyb_uart_type;
+    pyb_uart_repl_obj.uart_id = MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL;
+    pyb_uart_repl_obj.is_static = true;
+    pyb_uart_repl_obj.timeout = 0;
+    pyb_uart_repl_obj.timeout_char = 2;
+    uart_init(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL_BAUD, UART_WORDLENGTH_8B, UART_PARITY_NONE, UART_STOPBITS_1, 0);
+    uart_set_rxbuf(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, sizeof(pyb_uart_repl_rxbuf), pyb_uart_repl_rxbuf);
+    uart_attach_to_repl(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, true);
+    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_uart_obj_all)[MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL - 1] = &pyb_uart_repl_obj;
+    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_stdio_uart) = &pyb_uart_repl_obj;
+    #endif
+
     spi_init0();
     #if MICROPY_PY_PYB_LEGACY && MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_HW_I2C
     i2c_init0();
@@ -446,19 +461,6 @@ void stm32_main(uint32_t reset_mode) {
     }
     #endif
 
-    #if defined(MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL)
-    // Set up a UART REPL using a statically allocated object
-    pyb_uart_repl_obj.base.type = &pyb_uart_type;
-    pyb_uart_repl_obj.uart_id = MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL;
-    pyb_uart_repl_obj.is_static = true;
-    pyb_uart_repl_obj.timeout = 0;
-    pyb_uart_repl_obj.timeout_char = 2;
-    uart_init(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL_BAUD, UART_WORDLENGTH_8B, UART_PARITY_NONE, UART_STOPBITS_1, 0);
-    uart_set_rxbuf(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, sizeof(pyb_uart_repl_rxbuf), pyb_uart_repl_rxbuf);
-    uart_attach_to_repl(&pyb_uart_repl_obj, true);
-    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_uart_obj_all)[MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL - 1] = &pyb_uart_repl_obj;
-    #endif
-
     boardctrl_state_t state;
     state.reset_mode = reset_mode;
     state.log_soft_reset = false;
@@ -496,12 +498,6 @@ void stm32_main(uint32_t reset_mode) {
     // we can run Python scripts (eg boot.py), but anything that is configurable
     // by boot.py must be set after boot.py is run.
 
-    #if defined(MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL)
-    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_stdio_uart) = &pyb_uart_repl_obj;
-    #else
-    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_stdio_uart) = NULL;
-    #endif
-
     readline_init0();
     pin_init0();
     extint_init0();
@@ -659,6 +655,12 @@ void stm32_main(uint32_t reset_mode) {
     pyb_thread_deinit();
     #endif
 
+    #if defined(MICROPY_HW_UART_REPL)
+    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_stdio_uart) = &pyb_uart_repl_obj;
+    #else
+    MP_STATE_PORT(pyb_stdio_uart) = NULL;
+    #endif
+
     MICROPY_BOARD_END_SOFT_RESET(&state);
 
     gc_sweep_all();