diff --git a/xrdp/xrdp_mm.c b/xrdp/xrdp_mm.c
index 1abd6ede..0a2be674 100644
--- a/xrdp/xrdp_mm.c
+++ b/xrdp/xrdp_mm.c
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ xrdp_mm_create(struct xrdp_wm *owner)
     self->sesman_chansrv_fd = -1;
     self->uid = -1; /* Never good to default UIDs to 0 */
 
+    // Resize queue support. The resize queue is available early on,
+    // but isn't processed until start_processing_resize_queue() is
+    // called.
+    self->resize_queue = list_create();
+    self->resize_queue->auto_free = 1;
+    self->resize_data = NULL;
+    self->resize_ready = NULL_WAIT_OBJ;
+
     init_libh264_loaded(self);
 
     LOG_DEVEL(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "xrdp_mm_create: bpp %d mcs_connection_type %d "
@@ -1994,12 +2002,6 @@ dynamic_monitor_initialize(struct xrdp_mm *self)
         return error;
     }
 
-    // Initialize xrdp_mm specific variables.
-    self->resize_queue = list_create();
-    self->resize_queue->auto_free = 1;
-    self->resize_data = NULL;
-    self->resize_ready = NULL_WAIT_OBJ;
-
     return error;
 }