diff --git a/allauth/socialaccount/admin.py b/allauth/socialaccount/admin.py
index 30fd56e3ee..2233c9574f 100644
--- a/allauth/socialaccount/admin.py
+++ b/allauth/socialaccount/admin.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 from allauth import app_settings
 from allauth.account.adapter import get_adapter
-
-from .models import SocialAccount, SocialApp, SocialToken
+from allauth.socialaccount import providers
+from allauth.socialaccount.models import SocialAccount, SocialApp, SocialToken
 
 
 class SocialAppForm(forms.ModelForm):
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ class Meta:
             "secret": forms.TextInput(attrs={"size": "100"}),
         }
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.fields["provider"] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=providers.registry.as_choices()
+        )
+
 
 class SocialAppAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     form = SocialAppForm
diff --git a/allauth/socialaccount/apps.py b/allauth/socialaccount/apps.py
index 26ee42fc3a..edf02870d5 100644
--- a/allauth/socialaccount/apps.py
+++ b/allauth/socialaccount/apps.py
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ class SocialAccountConfig(AppConfig):
     name = "allauth.socialaccount"
     verbose_name = _("Social Accounts")
     default_auto_field = app_settings.DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD or "django.db.models.AutoField"
+
+    def ready(self):
+        from allauth.socialaccount.providers import registry
+
+        registry.load()
diff --git a/allauth/socialaccount/migrations/0001_initial.py b/allauth/socialaccount/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 325539384d..10507a9e14 100644
--- a/allauth/socialaccount/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/allauth/socialaccount/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 from allauth import app_settings
-from allauth.socialaccount.providers import registry
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     models.CharField(
                         max_length=30,
                         verbose_name="provider",
-                        choices=registry.as_choices(),
                     ),
                 ),
                 (
@@ -91,7 +89,6 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     models.CharField(
                         max_length=30,
                         verbose_name="provider",
-                        choices=registry.as_choices(),
                     ),
                 ),
                 ("name", models.CharField(max_length=40, verbose_name="name")),
diff --git a/allauth/socialaccount/models.py b/allauth/socialaccount/models.py
index c46812cdaf..0a958dee67 100644
--- a/allauth/socialaccount/models.py
+++ b/allauth/socialaccount/models.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class SocialApp(models.Model):
     provider = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_("provider"),
         max_length=30,
-        choices=providers.registry.as_choices(),
     )
     # For providers that support subproviders, such as OpenID Connect and SAML,
     # this ID identifies that instance. SocialAccount's originating from app