diff --git a/src/Input/input.cxx b/src/Input/input.cxx
index 2dd6f1c48..ca38a2d37 100644
--- a/src/Input/input.cxx
+++ b/src/Input/input.cxx
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ FGInput::~FGInput ()
 void
 FGInput::init ()
 {
-  _init_keyboard();
   _init_joystick();
   _init_mouse();
 
@@ -142,6 +141,7 @@ void
 FGInput::postinit ()
 {
   _postinit_joystick();
+  _postinit_keyboard();
 }
 
 void
@@ -383,29 +383,6 @@ FGInput::doMouseMotion (int x, int y)
       fgSetInt("/devices/status/mice/mouse/y", m.y = y);
 }
 
-void
-FGInput::_init_keyboard ()
-{
-  SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Initializing key bindings");
-  _module = "__kbd";
-  SGPropertyNode * key_nodes = fgGetNode("/input/keyboard");
-  if (key_nodes == 0) {
-    SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_WARN, "No key bindings (/input/keyboard)!!");
-    key_nodes = fgGetNode("/input/keyboard", true);
-  }
-
-  vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr> keys = key_nodes->getChildren("key");
-  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
-    int index = keys[i]->getIndex();
-    SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Binding key " << index);
-
-    _key_bindings[index].bindings->clear();
-    _key_bindings[index].is_repeatable = keys[i]->getBoolValue("repeatable");
-    _key_bindings[index].last_state = 0;
-    _read_bindings(keys[i], _key_bindings[index].bindings, KEYMOD_NONE);
-  }
-}
-
 
 void
 FGInput::_scan_joystick_dir(SGPath *path, SGPropertyNode* node, int *index)
@@ -506,13 +483,31 @@ FGInput::_init_joystick ()
 void
 FGInput::_postinit_keyboard()
 {
+  SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Initializing key bindings");
+  _module = "__kbd";
+  SGPropertyNode * key_nodes = fgGetNode("/input/keyboard");
+  if (key_nodes == 0) {
+    SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_WARN, "No key bindings (/input/keyboard)!!");
+    key_nodes = fgGetNode("/input/keyboard", true);
+  }
+
   FGNasalSys *nasalsys = (FGNasalSys *)globals->get_subsystem("nasal");
-  SGPropertyNode *key_nodes = fgGetNode("/input/keyboard", true);
   vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr> nasal = key_nodes->getChildren("nasal");
   for (unsigned int j = 0; j < nasal.size(); j++) {
     nasal[j]->setStringValue("module", _module.c_str());
     nasalsys->handleCommand(nasal[j]);
   }
+
+  vector<SGPropertyNode_ptr> keys = key_nodes->getChildren("key");
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < keys.size(); i++) {
+    int index = keys[i]->getIndex();
+    SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Binding key " << index);
+
+    _key_bindings[index].bindings->clear();
+    _key_bindings[index].is_repeatable = keys[i]->getBoolValue("repeatable");
+    _key_bindings[index].last_state = 0;
+    _read_bindings(keys[i], _key_bindings[index].bindings, KEYMOD_NONE);
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Input/input.hxx b/src/Input/input.hxx
index 83527590b..a9dd5303f 100644
--- a/src/Input/input.hxx
+++ b/src/Input/input.hxx
@@ -244,12 +244,6 @@ private:
   };
 
 
-  /**
-   * Initialize key bindings.
-   */
-  void _init_keyboard ();
-
-
   /**
    * Initialize joystick bindings.
    */
@@ -277,8 +271,8 @@ private:
 			    const string name);
 
   /**
-   * Initialize nasal parts that had to wait for the nasal to get
-   * functional.
+   * Initialize key bindings, as well as those joystick parts that
+   * depend on a working Nasal subsystem.
    */
   void _postinit_keyboard ();
   void _postinit_joystick ();