diff --git a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 9bebc263be..5c7a0b52d4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
         <servlet-class>
             org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
         </servlet-class>
-        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
         <init-param>
             <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
             <param-value>classpath*:mvc-configuration.xml</param-value>
         </init-param>
+        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
     </servlet>
 
     <servlet-mapping>