Index: src/shell.c.in
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -8092,12 +8092,12 @@
             sqlite3_sourceid(), SQLITE_SOURCE_ID);
     exit(1);
   }
 #endif
   main_init(&data);
-#if !SQLITE_SHELL_IS_UTF8
   sqlite3_initialize();
+#if !SQLITE_SHELL_IS_UTF8
   argv = sqlite3_malloc64(sizeof(argv[0])*argc);
   if( argv==0 ){
     raw_printf(stderr, "out of memory\n");
     exit(1);
   }