diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index d2ec711a6cdbd..b5a731f07ec7b 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1475,6 +1475,31 @@ bool AppInitMain()
             return UIError(ResolveErrMsg("externalip", strAddr));
     }
 
+    // Read asmap file if configured
+    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-asmap")) {
+        fs::path asmap_path = fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-asmap", ""));
+        if (asmap_path.empty()) {
+            asmap_path = DEFAULT_ASMAP_FILENAME;
+        }
+        if (!asmap_path.is_absolute()) {
+            asmap_path = GetDataDir() / asmap_path;
+        }
+        if (!fs::exists(asmap_path)) {
+            UIError(strprintf(_("Could not find asmap file %s"), asmap_path));
+            return false;
+        }
+        std::vector<bool> asmap = CAddrMan::DecodeAsmap(asmap_path);
+        if (asmap.size() == 0) {
+            UIError(strprintf(_("Could not parse asmap file %s"), asmap_path));
+            return false;
+        }
+        const uint256 asmap_version = SerializeHash(asmap);
+        connman.SetAsmap(std::move(asmap));
+        LogPrintf("Using asmap version %s for IP bucketing\n", asmap_version.ToString());
+    } else {
+        LogPrintf("Using /16 prefix for IP bucketing\n");
+    }
+
     // Warn if network-specific options (-addnode, -connect, etc) are
     // specified in default section of config file, but not overridden
     // on the command line or in this network's section of the config file.
@@ -1967,31 +1992,6 @@ bool AppInitMain()
     }
 #endif
 
-    // Read asmap file if configured
-    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-asmap")) {
-        fs::path asmap_path = fs::path(gArgs.GetArg("-asmap", ""));
-        if (asmap_path.empty()) {
-            asmap_path = DEFAULT_ASMAP_FILENAME;
-        }
-        if (!asmap_path.is_absolute()) {
-            asmap_path = GetDataDir() / asmap_path;
-        }
-        if (!fs::exists(asmap_path)) {
-            UIError(strprintf(_("Could not find asmap file %s"), asmap_path));
-            return false;
-        }
-        std::vector<bool> asmap = CAddrMan::DecodeAsmap(asmap_path);
-        if (asmap.size() == 0) {
-            UIError(strprintf(_("Could not parse asmap file %s"), asmap_path));
-            return false;
-        }
-        const uint256 asmap_version = SerializeHash(asmap);
-        connman.SetAsmap(std::move(asmap));
-        LogPrintf("Using asmap version %s for IP bucketing\n", asmap_version.ToString());
-    } else {
-        LogPrintf("Using /16 prefix for IP bucketing\n");
-    }
-
     // ********************************************************* Step 12: finished
 
     SetRPCWarmupFinished();
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_asmap.py b/test/functional/feature_asmap.py
index 58f09f6af8720..30f5f482270d4 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_asmap.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_asmap.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 
 6. `pivxd -asmap` with an empty (unparsable) default asmap file
 
-The tests are order-independent. The slowest tests (missing default asmap and
-empty asmap) are placed last.
+The tests are order-independent.
 
 """
 import os
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index dac6a99cfd33b..d72f92583cfb7 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     'rpc_signrawtransaction.py',                # ~ 50 sec
     'rpc_decodescript.py',                      # ~ 50 sec
     'rpc_blockchain.py',                        # ~ 50 sec
+    'feature_asmap.py',
     'wallet_disable.py',                        # ~ 50 sec
     'wallet_autocombine.py',                    # ~ 49 sec
     'mining_v5_upgrade.py',                     # ~ 48 sec
@@ -183,7 +184,6 @@
     # vv Tests less than 60s vv
     #'p2p_feefilter.py',
     'feature_abortnode.py',
-    'feature_asmap.py',
     'rpc_bind.py',
     # vv Tests less than 30s vv
     #'example_test.py',