diff --git a/chrootarchive/archive_test.go b/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
index aeac448..69e18e3 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/archive_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/reexec"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	reexec.Init()
+}
+
 func TestChrootTarUntar(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-TestChrootTarUntar")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/chrootarchive/init.go b/chrootarchive/init.go
index f05698f..b548e9f 100644
--- a/chrootarchive/init.go
+++ b/chrootarchive/init.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 func init() {
 	reexec.Register("docker-untar", untar)
 	reexec.Register("docker-applyLayer", applyLayer)
-	reexec.Init()
 }
 
 func fatal(err error) {