diff --git a/browser/components/preferences/advanced.js b/browser/components/preferences/advanced.js
--- a/browser/components/preferences/advanced.js
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/advanced.js
@@ -46,32 +46,32 @@ var gAdvancedPane = {
   /**
    * Brings the appropriate tab to the front and initializes various bits of UI.
    */
   init: function ()
   {
     this._inited = true;
     var advancedPrefs = document.getElementById("advancedPrefs");
 
+#ifdef MOZ_UPDATER
+    this.updateAppUpdateItems();
+    this.updateAutoItems();
+    this.updateModeItems();
+#endif
+    this.updateOfflineApps();
+
     var extraArgs = window.arguments[1];
     if (extraArgs && extraArgs["advancedTab"]){
       advancedPrefs.selectedTab = document.getElementById(extraArgs["advancedTab"]);
     } else {
       var preference = document.getElementById("browser.preferences.advanced.selectedTabIndex");
       if (preference.value === null)
         return;
       advancedPrefs.selectedIndex = preference.value;
     }
-
-#ifdef MOZ_UPDATER
-    this.updateAppUpdateItems();
-    this.updateAutoItems();
-    this.updateModeItems();
-#endif
-    this.updateOfflineApps();
   },
 
   /**
    * Stores the identity of the current tab in preferences so that the selected
    * tab can be persisted between openings of the preferences window.
    */
   tabSelectionChanged: function ()
   {