diff --git a/lib/context.c b/lib/context.c
index b17e900c..fbf5b2f5 100644
--- a/lib/context.c
+++ b/lib/context.c
@@ -126,6 +126,18 @@ libwebsocket_create_context(struct lws_context_creation_info *info)
 	context->ka_interval = info->ka_interval;
 	context->ka_probes = info->ka_probes;
 
+#ifdef LWS_USE_LIBEV
+	/* (Issue #264) In order to *avoid breaking backwards compatibility*, we
+	 * enable libev mediated SIGINT handling with a default handler of
+	 * libwebsocket_sigint_cb. The handler can be overridden or disabled
+	 * by invoking libwebsocket_sigint_cfg after creating the context, but
+	 * before invoking libwebsocket_initloop:
+	 */
+	context->use_ev_sigint = 1;
+	context->lws_ev_sigint_cb = &libwebsocket_sigint_cb;
+#endif /* LWS_USE_LIBEV */
+
+
 	/* to reduce this allocation, */
 	context->max_fds = getdtablesize();
 	lwsl_notice(" static allocation: %u + (%u x %u fds) = %u bytes\n",
@@ -297,17 +309,6 @@ libwebsocket_context_destroy(struct libwebsocket_context *context)
 		n--;
 	}
 
-#ifdef LWS_USE_LIBEV
-	/* (Issue #264) In order to *avoid breaking backwards compatibility*, we
-	 * enable libev mediated SIGINT handling with a default handler of
-	 * libwebsocket_sigint_cb. The handler can be overridden or disabled
-	 * by invoking libwebsocket_sigint_cfg after creating the context, but
-	 * before invoking libwebsocket_initloop:
-	 */
-	context->use_ev_sigint = 1;
-	context->lws_ev_sigint_cb = &libwebsocket_sigint_cb;
-#endif /* LWS_USE_LIBEV */
-
 	/*
 	 * give all extensions a chance to clean up any per-context
 	 * allocations they might have made