diff --git a/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php b/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
index 83be835b64a..ea71b1947e7 100644
--- a/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
+++ b/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ if (!GETPOST('action', 'aZ09') || preg_match('/upgrade/i', GETPOST('action', 'aZ
 
 	$db = getDoliDBInstance($conf->db->type, $conf->db->host, $conf->db->user, $conf->db->pass, $conf->db->name, $conf->db->port);
 
-	// Create the global $hookmanager object
-	include_once DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/core/class/hookmanager.class.php';
-	$hookmanager = new HookManager($db);
-	$hookmanager->initHooks(array('upgrade'));
-
 	if (!$db->connected) {
 		print '<tr><td colspan="4">'.$langs->trans("ErrorFailedToConnectToDatabase", $conf->db->name).'</td><td class="right">'.$langs->trans('Error').'</td></tr>';
 		dolibarr_install_syslog('upgrade2: failed to connect to database :'.$conf->db->name.' on '.$conf->db->host.' for user '.$conf->db->user, LOG_ERR);
@@ -182,6 +177,11 @@ if (!GETPOST('action', 'aZ09') || preg_match('/upgrade/i', GETPOST('action', 'aZ
 		$conf->global->MAIN_ENABLE_LOG_TO_HTML = 1;
 	}
 
+	// Create the global $hookmanager object
+	include_once DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/core/class/hookmanager.class.php';
+	$hookmanager = new HookManager($db);
+	$hookmanager->initHooks(array('upgrade'));
+
 
 	/***************************************************************************************
 	 *