diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 37d263196c..090fe27672 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -9023,11 +9023,6 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return r;
         }
 
-        /* Make sure each partition has a unique UUID and unique label */
-        r = context_acquire_partition_uuids_and_labels(context);
-        if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
         /* Open all files to copy blocks from now, since we want to take their size into consideration */
         r = context_open_copy_block_paths(
                         context,
@@ -9037,6 +9032,11 @@ static int run(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        /* Make sure each partition has a unique UUID and unique label */
+        r = context_acquire_partition_uuids_and_labels(context);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         r = context_fstab(context);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;