diff -up nfs-utils-2.3.3/utils/gssd/gssd.c.orig nfs-utils-2.3.3/utils/gssd/gssd.c
--- nfs-utils-2.3.3/utils/gssd/gssd.c.orig	2019-11-11 09:23:28.920435729 -0500
+++ nfs-utils-2.3.3/utils/gssd/gssd.c	2019-11-26 13:59:52.812685585 -0500
@@ -1020,11 +1020,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			    "support setting debug levels\n");
 #endif
 
+	daemon_init(fg);
+
 	if (gssd_check_mechs() != 0)
 		errx(1, "Problem with gssapi library");
 
-	daemon_init(fg);
-
 	event_init();
 
 	pipefs_dir = opendir(pipefs_path);