diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
index 3e2805a8c341..d0a4ce51148f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/initrd-ssh.nix
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ in
     '';
 
     boot.initrd.network.postCommands = ''
-      mkdir /dev/pts
-      mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
-
       echo '${cfg.shell}' > /etc/shells
       echo 'root:x:0:0:root:/root:${cfg.shell}' > /etc/passwd
       echo 'passwd: files' > /etc/nsswitch.conf
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
index 9bffcd31b9b4..055ad2e3e844 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1-init.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
 mount -t devtmpfs -o "size=@devSize@" devtmpfs /dev
 mkdir -p /run
 mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=0755,size=@runSize@" tmpfs /run
+mkdir /dev/pts
+mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts
 
 # Log the script output to /dev/kmsg or /run/log/stage-1-init.log.
 mkdir -p /tmp