diff --git a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
index 05d4d1dd67b4..5675845e1b69 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisapp.cpp
@@ -13172,6 +13172,8 @@ void QgisApp::initNativeProcessing()
 
 void QgisApp::initLayouts()
 {
+  QgsLayoutGuiUtils::registerGuiForKnownItemTypes( mMapCanvas );
+
   // 3D map item
 #ifdef HAVE_3D
   QgsApplication::layoutItemRegistry()->addLayoutItemType(
@@ -13191,8 +13193,6 @@ void QgisApp::initLayouts()
   QgsGui::layoutItemGuiRegistry()->addLayoutItemGuiMetadata( map3dMetadata.release() );
 #endif
 
-  QgsLayoutGuiUtils::registerGuiForKnownItemTypes( mMapCanvas );
-
   mLayoutQptDropHandler = new QgsLayoutQptDropHandler( this );
   registerCustomLayoutDropHandler( mLayoutQptDropHandler );
   mLayoutImageDropHandler = new QgsLayoutImageDropHandler( this );