--- servconf.c
+++ servconf.c
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/* challenge-response is implemented via keyboard interactive */
+	if (options->challenge_response_authentication == 1)
+		options->kbd_interactive_authentication = 1;
+
 }
 
 /* Keyword tokens. */
@@ -1398,8 +1402,4 @@
 	if (bad_options > 0)
 		fatal("%s: terminating, %d bad configuration options",
 		    filename, bad_options);
-
-	/* challenge-response is implemented via keyboard interactive */
-	if (options->challenge_response_authentication == 1)
-		options->kbd_interactive_authentication = 1;
 }