diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/UserController.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/UserController.java
index aef454ee6357f..6e890d5d34d85 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/UserController.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/am/UserController.java
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ final class UserController {
                 mUserManager.onBeforeUnlockUser(userId);
                 progress.setProgress(20);
 
+                // Dispatch unlocked to system services
+                mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(SYSTEM_USER_UNLOCK_MSG, userId, 0));
+
                 // Send PRE_BOOT broadcasts if fingerprint changed
                 final UserInfo info = getUserInfo(userId);
                 if (!Objects.equals(info.lastLoggedInFingerprint, Build.FINGERPRINT)) {
@@ -302,9 +305,6 @@ final class UserController {
                 // Remember that we logged in
                 mUserManager.onUserLoggedIn(userId);
 
-                // Dispatch unlocked to system services
-                mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(SYSTEM_USER_UNLOCK_MSG, userId, 0));
-
                 // Dispatch unlocked to external apps
                 final Intent unlockedIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_USER_UNLOCKED);
                 unlockedIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_USER_HANDLE, userId);