diff --git a/package/base/shadow/shadow.conf b/package/base/shadow/shadow.conf
index 23038c232..e9e2df854 100644
--- a/package/base/shadow/shadow.conf
+++ b/package/base/shadow/shadow.conf
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ pm_shadow() {
 				cp $x $root/$x
 			fi
 		done
+		sed -e 's,^\(.*loginuid\),#\1,' -i ${root}/etc/pam.d/login
 	fi
 	touch $root/var/log/lastlog $root/var/log/faillog
 	[ -f $root/usr/bin/login ] && mv $root/usr/bin/login  $root/bin/
 	[ -f $root/usr/bin/su    ] && mv $root/usr/bin/su     $root/bin/
 	mkdir -p $root/etc/default
 	echo 'SHELL=/bin/bash' > $root/etc/default/useradd
-	sed -e 's,^\(.*loginuid\),#\1,' -i ${root}/etc/pam.d/login
 }
 
 preconf="pc_shadow"