diff --git a/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c b/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
index b7885e34f35..e344c9284db 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_resetwal/pg_resetwal.c
@@ -345,6 +345,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	get_restricted_token();
 
+	if (chdir(DataDir) < 0)
+		pg_fatal("could not change directory to \"%s\": %m",
+				 DataDir);
+
 	/* Set mask based on PGDATA permissions */
 	if (!GetDataDirectoryCreatePerm(DataDir))
 		pg_fatal("could not read permissions of directory \"%s\": %m",
@@ -352,10 +356,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	umask(pg_mode_mask);
 
-	if (chdir(DataDir) < 0)
-		pg_fatal("could not change directory to \"%s\": %m",
-				 DataDir);
-
 	/* Check that data directory matches our server version */
 	CheckDataVersion();