diff --git a/wp-admin/setup-config.php b/wp-admin/setup-config.php
index 6201b00451..89998b8c29 100644
--- a/wp-admin/setup-config.php
+++ b/wp-admin/setup-config.php
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ define('WP_DEBUG', false);
 require(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/load.php');
 require(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php');
 
-// Also loads functions.php, plugin.php, l10n.php, pomo/mo.php (all required by setup-config.php)
-wp_load_translations_early();
-
 // Check for the required PHP version and for the MySQL extension or a database drop-in.
 wp_check_php_mysql_versions();
 
+require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php');
+
+// Also loads plugin.php, l10n.php, pomo/mo.php (all required by setup-config.php)
+wp_load_translations_early();
+
 // Turn register_globals off.
 wp_unregister_GLOBALS();
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/load.php b/wp-includes/load.php
index 488f420dd4..7ad0341fb0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/load.php
+++ b/wp-includes/load.php
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ function wp_check_php_mysql_versions() {
 	$php_version = phpversion();
 	if ( version_compare( $required_php_version, $php_version, '>' ) ) {
 		wp_load_translations_early();
-		wp_die( sprintf( __( 'Your server is running PHP version %1$s but WordPress %2$s requires at least %3$s.' ), $php_version, $wp_version, $required_php_version ) );
+		die( sprintf( __( 'Your server is running PHP version %1$s but WordPress %2$s requires at least %3$s.' ), $php_version, $wp_version, $required_php_version ) );
 	}
 
 	if ( ! extension_loaded( 'mysql' ) && ! file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db.php' ) ) {
 		wp_load_translations_early();
-		wp_die( __( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.' ) );
+		die( __( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.' ) );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ function wp_load_translations_early() {
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/locale.php';
 
 	// General libraries
-	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php';
 	require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/plugin.php';
 
 	$locales = $locations = array();
diff --git a/wp-load.php b/wp-load.php
index 600805a2d1..1372688f3a 100644
--- a/wp-load.php
+++ b/wp-load.php
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ if ( file_exists( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php') ) {
 	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/load.php' );
 	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php' );
 
-	wp_load_translations_early();
 	wp_check_php_mysql_versions();
+	wp_load_translations_early();
+
+	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/functions.php' );
 
 	// Die with an error message
 	$die  = __( "There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started." ) . '</p>';